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which was as common as usual, my nephew captured one soot- 
black ail over, an interesting and peculiar variety ; unfortunately 
it is not a first-class specimen. Several larve of Cherocampa 
porcellus were met with.—V. R. Perxrys. 
LEPIDOPTERA IN CARMARTHENSHIRE. —Information having now 
been received from nearly all parts of the country as to the 
occurrence of Lepidoptera in the year 1882, a lst of those 
observed during that year in Carmarthenshire may not be un- 
welcome. The list is remarkably deficient, taking it in com- 
parison with observations made in former years. This is ina 
great measure owing to the very unfavourable state of the weather 
during the last season, which must to a great degree have acted 
prejudicially to the development of insect life; but it also 
rendered the pursuit of the insects themselves somewhat tire- 
some, or, to say the least of it, less exhilarating than it usually 
is, for bad weather and bad success do not contribute to the 
charms of an entomologist’s pursuits. The weather, therefore, 
had something to do in preventing that vigilant search which is 
necessary if we wish to arrive at the real entomological resources 
of a neighbourhood. In the list which follows, the Diurni and 
Nocturni, though poor, show rather better than the other groups ; 
but the Geometre and Noctue were certainly nothing like 
properly worked. The scarcity of the Geometrina, however, 
may be plainly shown by the few that fell to the net during 
several long marches made in pursuit of them, and this shows 
that though not sought after with the greatest zeal or energy, 
their number may be safely estimated at less than half the usual 
average. The few larve, too, of any kind which fell to the 
beating-stick during the season show how remarkably scarce were 
larve even of the commonest species. We must hope, how- 
ever, that the development of the different species is in many 
cases only retarded, and that a favourable spring and summer 
may show as many of them again on the wing in as good 
numbers as formerly. I now add the list:—Pieris rape and 
P. napi, common; Anthocharis cardamines, in great numbers ; 
the Argynnide are invariably rather scarce here, but last year 
Argynnis euphrosyne was the only one seen; Vanessa urtice, 
plentiful; V. io, scarce; Arge galatea, one only. The following 
“were in good numbers:—Satyrus egeria, S. megera, S. janira, 
S. tithonus, Chortobius pamphilus, and Polyommatus phleas. Of 
