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and so rich in colour that it evidently entered into hibernation very 

 soon after its emergence. I may add that it is the only specimen 

 of Urticce seen in the garden during May, — F. W. Feohawk ; June, 

 1920. 



Xanthorhoe fltjctuata in April. — My experience as to the 

 scarcity of insect life up to the middle of May was very similar 

 to that of the Rev. H. D. Ford {antea, p. 139), who refers to an 

 extraordinarily early specimen of Xantliorlw'e fluctuata observed 

 April 25th at Carlisle. I saw a large female of this species on a 

 fence at the Culbin Sands, near Forres, on April 19th. — F. G. 

 Whittle ; Duieside, Rothiemarchus, x^viemore. 



Macedonian Butterflies. — I see that in my note [antea, p. 139) 

 I forgot to mention Melitcsa athalia. In the list sent me by Mr. Riley, 

 after my specimens were set, he mentioned five specimens of this 

 species as having been included in the Mviseum collection. Having 

 parted with all my specimens and lost the notes I made out there 

 I cannot give any definite date, but to the best of my recollection I 

 caught them at Hill 778 (between Snevce and Rajanovo) in late July 

 or early August, 1917. — D. Blanchard ; 16, Warneford Road, Oxford. 



[If so, the date suggests M. parthenie, gen. cest. — H. R.-B.] 



Spring Lepidoptera in Cambridge. — With reference to the Rev. 

 H. D. Ford's note (antea, p. 139), the following records of spring 

 insects in this district may be of interest. On April 27th two Pieris 

 brassicce and one P. I'apa were seen. From May 4th Heliaca tene- 

 hrata arid Chiasmia clathrata were common, and on that day were 

 seen two Aglais iirticce and one Vanessa io. GoJiepteryx rhavmi first 

 seen on May 7th, when one specimen of Hemerophila ahruptaria was 

 taken. From May 9th Euchloc cardamines was common, as was 

 Pararge megc&ra from May 16th. Hesperia vialvo} and Nisoniades 

 tages plentiful from May 22nd. On May 31st Pi/rameis atalanta and 

 P. cardui were seen, and Cupido miniimis emerged on June 1st.— 

 A. D. HoBsoN ; Christ's College, Cambridge. 



Spring Insects in Berkshire. — My experience with insects this 

 spring has been rather different from those of the Rev. H. D. Ford 

 (' Entom.,' liii, p. 139). As far as Rhopalocera were concerned 

 it seemed to me that they were more plentiful than usual. Aglais 

 tirticce and Gonepteryx rhamni were first seen on March 19th, and 

 have been much in evidence since. Already I think I have seen more 

 specimens of Vanessa io and Pyrameis atalanta than during the whole 

 of last season. There has been no dearth of Pieris and Callophrys 

 ?'^<&i, and Eucldo'e cardamines were very common on Aldworth Downs 

 during the middle and latter part of May. In early June Hepialas 

 liunudi was in swarms in the water meadows along the Kennet. The 

 same remark also applies to Calopteryx splendens ('Odonata). — A. 

 Steven Corbet ; 21, Sidmouth Street, Reading. 



Spring Insects at Dovercourt. — The three common Pierids 

 have been numerous. I saw Pieris brassicce on March 20th — an 

 unusually early date. These abnormal appearances, both of this 



