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bracken and sunny spots in the rides and paths, where they are 

 attracted by the purple spikes of the bugle (Ajuga reptans). One 

 of my specimens presents the variation of having the line of 

 orange spots near the border of the hind wing (upper side) 

 absent. A'^. tages was abundant again, but H. maliuc not nearly 

 so common as at Monk's Wood. 



I took two specimens of Callophri/s rubi on the wing — the first 

 time I have even met with this exquisite species in good order. 



In a cloudy interval I turned my attention to a big wych elm 

 tree whose branches swept down to the ground, and noticed a 

 brownish onisciform larva different from any we had seen at 

 Monk's Wood feeding on the leaves — the larva of Theda tv-album, 

 the White-letter Hairstreak. Further search revealing several 

 more, I called to my companion to come and share the fun. Not 

 expecting to do any beating here we had left our trays at the 

 inn, bat by beating over our coats and by direct collecting we 

 succeeded in obtaining some ninety larvae of this species from 

 the branches of this one tree which came within our reach, and 

 they were probably equally abundant all over it. Though we 

 searched the wood with some care we failed to find any other 

 elm in it. We bad thus in our four to five days' expedition 

 obtained examples, either larval or adult, of all the British 

 Theclidee, and I may here add that our larvse emerged well and 

 gave us beautiful series, though with very little range of variation. 



Capt. Tebb secured a single male example of A'', lucina in 

 good order, but we met with no others. 



B. eiqjhrosyne was fairly abundant here again, as were the 

 females of P. egeria var. egerides — members, I suppose, of the 

 first brood, delayed in their emergence by the cold spring. 



The lily-of-the-valley {Convalaria majalis) is common under 

 the oaks in parts of this pleasant wood, though there was very 

 little sign of flower. The columbine {Aquilegia vulgaris), which 

 one' does not very often come across in England, was also there, 

 and the white-flowering Allium was abundant. 



We returned to Cambridge on the afternoon of May 28th, 

 well content with our takings. 



Merton House, 

 Grantchester, 

 Cambridge. 



LEPIDOPTERA FEOM SOUTH NORWAY, 

 By J. C, Hawkshaw. 



(Concluded from p. 68.) 



B.KTEUOC'EiUA— {concluded). 



ToRTRicioai: Acalla variegana, August, 1909, July, 1910; A. schal- 

 leriana, September, 1906, 1907, July, 1908, 1910, bred July (F. yitis 

 idcsa) ; A.ferrugana, September 20th, 1906, dark variety ; A. holmiana, 



