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for Adn/ura (Ilesperid) actcrnn, yet very few of them know of a little spot 

 called Culliford Tree, which is a very El Dorado for entomologists. 

 Several years ago, when a hoy at school, I visited this place, and on 

 every visit was eminently successful, hut I very rarely heard of anyone 

 else who koew of the locality. Culliford Tree is reached from Wey- 

 mouth by going along the Preston Koad until one is a few yards past 

 the second milestone, and then bearing sharply to the left, and again 

 to the right after a yard or two along Littlemoor Road, one gets into 

 Chalbury Vale. Chalbury is hardly known to entomologists, but here 

 one finds Lycicna corydon and L. bellargiis {adotiis) in very large num- 

 bers. Zyrjdna filiiiendala. is also very common here. Continuing up 

 Charlbury valley for about a mile and a half, Culliford Tree is at 

 length reached, and here I obtained last summer several specimens of 

 Aryyiinis jxiphia, and A. aglaia swarmed. Earlier in the year A. selene 

 is very common, and Thanaos {Nisoniades) tayes and Hesperia [Syrichthus) 

 malvcc are in great numbers. Of the Lycfenida, L. astrarchc, L. corydon, 

 L. alexis, L. adonis, and L. alsus are found, the latter being very common 

 in July and August. Colias edusa and Gonepteryx rhamni are found 

 there, but not commonly. Of the Vanessidse, Vanessa io, Fyrameis 

 atalanta, P, cardui, and T'. urtlccc are common. Of the " browns," 

 Ejnnephele tithonns a,nd E. ianira swarm, Satyrus scmele is fairly com- 

 mon, and Aphantupus hyperanthus is common in the wood at the side 

 early in the summer. Fararge egeria is also common in the wood, and 

 as for Melanargia galatea it is found in every part of the field. I also 

 got a very fine female of Aryynnis paphia var. valesina, and a friend of 

 mine captured another a day or two after I had found mine. I cap- 

 tured a remarkable variety of L. corydon here, which showed peculiar 

 melanism on the under side, the markings on all four wings differing 

 one from the other. Altogether, I think Culliford Tree one of the 

 most delightful spots I have ever been to for entomology, and it is not 

 lacking in choice botanical specimens, which may perhaps account for 

 the large variety of butterflies. If you think this worthy of insertion 

 in the pages of the ' Entomologist,' I shall be glad, as I think it very 

 desirable that entomologists should have a knowledge of where to go 

 when in a strange neighbourhood. — W. A. Bogue ; Spring Cottage, 

 Sheptou Mallet, Somerset, May 6th, 190-i. 



Deilephila livornica at Bournemouth — A fine specimen of Deile- 

 ■phi.la livornica was brought to me alive to-day. It was found on a 

 plant in a garden, and had evidently freshly emerged from the pupa, 

 as it is in perfect condition. — G. E. J. Crallan ; Bodorgan Manor, 

 Bournemouth, May 22nd, 1904. 



SOCIETIES. 



Entomological Society of London. — April 20th, 1904. — Dr. F. A. 

 Dixey, M.A., M.D., Vice-President, in the chair. — M. Jules Bourgeois, 

 St. Marie-aus.-Mines [Markirch] , Germany ; Mr. James E. Black, 

 Nethercroft, Peebles, N.B. ; Mr. Maurice Frederic Bliss, " Conings- 

 burgh," Montpelier Road, Ealing, W. ; Mr. Edward F. S. Tylecote, 

 M.A., Durham House, Lansdowne Road, Bournemouth; Mr. Francis 



