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some twenty-five webs, commonest at Kenton station, and more ox* 

 less careful observation of hedges from Eye to Ipswich (23 miles N. 

 and S.) and Bury St. Edmunds to Parham (33 miles B. and W.) since 

 the above date has revealed none outside this restricted area. I 

 cannot suppose the species' history ill-known — though I do not 

 possess Tutt's 1900 account of LacJineis lanestris here — and will say 

 no more than that tlie web is always deserted after the second moult, 

 and consequently the larva is not, as stated by Stainton so definitely, 

 " gregarious throughout its life." Eatzeburg ('Die Forst-Insecten,' 

 ii, p. 133) gives the larva a total length of 1-9 in. ; here they attained 

 fully 2 in. He does not, like Dr. Arnold Spuler (' Die Schmett. 

 Europ.,' i, p. 117) give whitethorn, upon which all these, except a 

 single batch on sloe, were feeding, as a food-plant. They also eat 

 elm, but reluctantly. — Claude Morley ; July 18th, 1917. 



Butterflies in the Champagne. — The following list of butterflies 

 taken in the Champagne during the mouth of June and the first 

 week of July, may be of interest to some of your readers : Papilio 

 ?7iachaon—vevy common, especially on hot days, settling on mud 

 near streams. /. podalirius, one specimen only observed. Aporia 

 cratcegi, very common. Pieris brassicce, P. napi, P. rapce, Pontia 

 daplidice, all abundant. Leticophasia sinapis, abundant in the pine 

 woods. There appear to be two early broods of this species — one 

 at the end of May and the other in early June. Euchloe cardamines, 

 common. Golias hyale, abundant in fields of lucerne and sainfoin. 

 C. edusa, scarce. Gonejjteryx rhamni, scarce. Limenitis sibylla, 

 fairly plentiful in woods. Polygonia c-albtim, common ; all the 

 specimens I have taken of this species are of the hutchinsoni type. 

 Etujonia j^olychloros, not uncommon in orchards. A. urticce, and V. io, 

 very common. Pyrameis atalanta and P. cardui, abundant. Dryaa 

 paphia, plentiful; A. adipipe and A. aglaia, plentiful. I. latJionia, 

 frequently met with on grassy roads or tracks, where its habits are 

 very reminiscent of P. viegcera, B. exiphrosyne, B. selene, common on 

 hill sides. Melitcea aurinia, locally common. There remain a number 

 of species of Argynnis that I have not yet identified. Melanargia 

 galatea, one of the commonest butterflies, exceeding even the 

 PieridcB in abundance. Hipparchia sejnele, scarce. Pararge egeria, 

 P. megcBva, common in clearings in woods and in rough places 

 respectively. Epinephele ianira, common in meadows ; E. tithonus, 

 scarce ; A. hyperanthus, abundant. Ccenonymp)ha 2^'^^'>^''Phibis, 

 common. T. lu -album, C. rubi, common on the edges of woods. 

 Chrysophamis p)hlaas, scarce. Plebeius argus {agon), very common ; 

 A. medon, scarce; A. corydon, scarce; P. icar^is, abundant; A. 

 bellargiis, fairly common ; C. viiniimcs, abundant everywhere ; 

 L. avion, plentiful. Hesperia malvce, common ; T. tages, plentiful ; 

 T. thauvias, abundant. This list would seem to indicate that the 

 Champagne is indeed a happy hunting ground for the lepidopterist. 

 Unfortunately the Censorship prevents me from giving any exact 

 localities for these species, but after the war I shall be happy to 

 do so. — James W. Brown ; S.S. Anglaise, Convois Autos, Par B.C.M., 

 Paris, July 9th, 1917. 



CoLiAS edusa in June. — On June 26th I caught a female Colias 



