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it is not usually an abundant insect, but, according to my 

 experience, usually much more prevalent in situations on the 

 coast. — Frederick Sin ith . 



229. Hampshire a good Collecting County. — Hampshire 

 is a famous county for an Entomologist, and this neighbour- 

 hood most favourable : there are more butterflies here than I 

 ever remember to have seen in any other locality ; Colias 

 Edusa is by no means scarce about Christchurch, and the 

 dry, sandy spots swarm with fossorials : Pompili and Crabro- 

 nidae abound, whilst the heath-loving bees ai'e plentiful on 

 their beautiful flowers. Of the Coleoptera of this district 

 1 know little or nothing : August is not the time for them, 

 but one cannot roam over the surrounding heaths without 

 being observant of the hosts of Cicindela campestris, C. ma- 

 ritima and C. sylvatica. — Id. 



230. Acherontia Atropos bred : barren Females. — I told 

 you some time ago that I had three larva? of Acherontia 

 Atropos brought me in July : all three came out on the 16th 

 of September, one male and two females, and 1 never saw 

 liner specimens : both the females were barren, the abdo- 

 mens containing nothing but fatty matter, just like those of 

 males. — Henry Doubleday, in a Letter to E. Newman. 



231. Successive Larv(B of Pyratneis Cardui. — I am in a 

 fix at present about the economy of this species : there are 

 small and nearly full-grown larvae feeding together now ; in 

 fact only yesterday one spun up, and another, a very small 

 one, changed its skin. Whether these late larvae are pro- 

 duced by the eai'ly iraagos of this year, or the late ones of 

 last year, I am unable to determine. I believe all will pro- 

 duce the perfect insect this autumn. — J. Pristo ; Alverstone, 

 WJiippingham, Isle of Wight, September 20, 1865. 



232. Catocala Fraxini in the Isle of Wight. — A friend of 

 mine, near here, took a specimen of this fine insect at rest 

 on his house, on the 15th of August last. It measures very 

 nearly four inches across the wings. We believe this to be 

 only the second Isle of Wight specimen. — Id. 



233. Hybernation of Colias Edusa. — I am certain that 

 some of these live through the winter in the perfect state. I 

 remarked on one occasion, when this species was very abun- 

 dant here, that I took all females in clover fields, and all 

 males in stubble, which I accoiinted for by supposing the 



