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that it cannot be a freak that has lived through this mild winter. — 

 Vkrnon p. Kitchin ; The White Cottage, Oxted, Surrey, March 30th, 

 1920. 



[Although most frequently seen in the summer, one or more 

 specimens of P. iiicticidosa have been recorded for most months of the 

 year. — -Ed.J 



The " Winter " Moths. — There is an obvious error in my note 

 under this heading in the current number of the ' Entomologist,' p. 92. 

 In lines 7 and 8 it should read, "P. pedaria — U^eniy- three males and 

 thirty-five females." This makes the percentage of females consider- 

 ably higher. — Geo. X- Poreitt. 



Winter Moths.- — I do not think any scarcity of winter moths has 

 been very noticeable here this winter, with the exception of perhaps 

 Ghcimatohia boreata. P. pedaria has been very abundant, 50 per 

 cent, at least of which were dark forms, but contrary to Mr. Ford's 

 experience the females were very scarce. The females of H. defoliaria, 

 on the other hand, were very numerous. — E. P. Butterfield ; 

 Wilsden, Bradford. 



Pararge meg^ra, etc., in Yorkshire.— Mr. Nimmy's remarks 

 on P. mcgcBra in Herts and Middlesex (antea, p. 67) brings to my 

 recollection how plentiful this insect was in this district (Wilsden) in 

 the late sixties of the last century, and I believe it has not since been 

 seen in any intervening year. It has disappeared in like manner from 

 other districts in the north of England. Previous to the year 1918 

 I had never seen Chrysophanus plilceas in this neighbourhood, but in 

 that year it was not at all uncommon, and in the following year (1919) 

 it was very plentiful. C. solidaginis, Hiib., is another species that 

 was apparently absent from this district during the years ^from 1876 

 to 1896, when it was turned up quite commonly. — B. P. Butterfield ; 

 Wilsden, Bradford. 



Hibernation of Aglais urtic.e. — Kef erring to the note by 

 Mr. Harold D. Ford in the ' Entomologist ' for March, p. 66, perhaps 

 there are few, if any, districts in England where there is such a 

 paucity of butterflies as here, the three species of " whites " being all 

 that can be counted on with certainty. In average years A. urticcB 

 cannot be called common, but last year there must have been 

 thousands in this neighbourhood in August, but these were met with 

 at somewhat high elevations, very few being seen in the valley. A 

 lady brought one from Egypt near Bradford, where she resides, for 

 determination, and said she had counted about seventeen flying about 

 the fiower of what I took to be ragwort from her description. A few 

 days later I had to go to Bingley, and on the higher ground this 

 insect was not only common, but actually swarmed, whilst in the 

 valley very few were to be seen. A few days later I visited Harrogate, 

 where I saw a few, but it was by no means common. — E. P. 

 Butterfield ; Bank House, Wilsden, Bradford. 



Notes on the Season 1919 from Burnley and District. — 

 Phiijalia pedaria was the first species to put in an appearance on 

 February 1st, and continued plentiful until the middle of March. 



