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year seemed encouraging. The weather since May has been dry 
with persistent north-east winds, but we have had nothing like the 
extreme drought: reported for the south-eastern counties. Frank 
LitTLEWoop; ‘Kendal, Westmorland. 
[Writing on July 15th, and referring to N. lucina, Mr. Littlewood 
remarks: ‘‘ To-day another specimen (9) has emerged in my pupe- 
cage.” 
ButTterrLies In West Sussex.—The hibernating species have 
been comparatively scarce this season, and for the first time in five 
years Hugonia polychloros has not been observed. Preris rape was 
first seen on March 27th, Huchloé cardamines on April 2nd, Cyaniris 
argrolus and Pararge egerides on April 12th. Then followed nearly 
a fortnight of cold weather during which nothing was seen. Pvreris 
brassice appeared on April 28th, and on April 29th, a beautifully 
warm day, Pieris napt was seen. Brenthis euphrosyne, two seen, 
one taken, and Callophrys rubi taken. April 30th Hesperia malve 
and Thanaos tages were sought for and seen. On May 9th a single 
male Leptosia sinapis was taken in a locality from which, so far as I 
know, its occurrence has not been previously recorded, proving that 
the species is not yet quite extinct in West Sussex. Pararge megera 
was seen on the same date, and on May 10th Cenonympha pamphilus. 
Lycena icarus was seen on May 16th, and the last of the first brood 
of P. egerides was seen on May 17th. Nemobius lucina was fully out 
on May 19th, Brenthis selene on May 25th, and on May 27th Lycena 
bellargus. On June 2nd the second brood of P. egerides was on the 
wing. On June 10th Hpinephile jurtina appeared, and the moths of 
Tortrix viridana were flying four or five days earlier than last year. 
The plague of these has not been so bad this season as during the 
three previous years. On June 13th Augzades sylvanus was seen. 
On June 17th two Huchloé cardamines seen—a very late date. On 
June 23rd Limenitis sibylla was fresh out, and on June 24th Argynnis 
paphia.—Cuartes M, Wooprorp ; The Grinstead, Partridge Green, 
Sussex. 
SYMPETRUM FONSCOLOMBII, DE Seuys, IN Dorset.—That other 
observers may be on the alert, it may be well to record at once the 
re-appearance of Sympetrum fonscolombir, de Selys, to my great 
satisfaction, on the more eastward of the two ponds in this neighbour- 
hood, where the species appeared in July, 1912, 1913 and 1914, but 
from which it had, perhaps rather doubtfully, seemed entirely absent 
since. My watch may have become rather perfunctory for the last 
two or three seasons, and the days possible for observation some- 
times turned out not too good for dragon-flies in certain of the six 
barren years. Yet the first insect, seen on my arrival on the 11th 
inst., was unmistakable, and I found a sprinkling of males all around 
the pond, while I followed up over the heath, but unfortunately lost 
sight of, what looked like a very teneral, glossy-winged female. I 
took one male so as to have tangible evidence of its presence. On 
‘July 13th I again found the same sprinkling of males,-and took one 
female. On July 12th I visited the other, more westward pond, in 
further search, but found it reduced to hardly more than a puddle, and, 
of course, no trace of the dragon-fly present. The constancy of the 
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