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this part of the country, as there seems to have been in most 
other parts, this season ; and the reason suggested in the ‘ Entomo- 
logist’ for September, that it is owing to the number of collectors, 
cannot apply to this locality, as I have not heard of nor met with 
any. With regard to butterflies, Argynnis paphia was much less 
plentiful than usual. A. aglaia and A. adippe I did not see, 
although in former years they have occurred, but never plenti- 
fully. The local and handsome Vanessa c-album was very scarce 
this year. During some seasons I have found it generally dis- 
tributed about this neighbourhood, and have frequently watched 
them ascend above the tops of high trees and then descend to 
near the ground; and I have taken two together while thus 
sporting. This insect occurs both in woods and lanes, and 
varies considerably in shade, both of upper and under side. I 
saw Apatura iris here on a former occasion, but have not seen it 
this year. The other butterflies I have met with this season have 
been species of general distribution. I may mention finding 
here, in 1877, a male Satyrus janira in copulation with a female 
S. hyperanthus, but did not obtain any ova. Moths were very 
scarce, with the exception of a few species. Hubolia mensuraria 
may be mentioned as one of the most plentiful. The following 
species have been taken here in July in former years, but they 
were all either very scarce or quite absent this year, viz., Macro- 
glossa stellatarum, Sesia myopeformis, Nudaria mundana, Uro- 
pteryx sambucata, Crocallis elinguaria, Cleora lichenaria, Geometra 
papilionaria, Timandra amataria. 'The last-named species I have 
always found at rest on hedge-banks, and it seems to take no pains 
to conceal itself from view, as many others do. Among the moths 
of the locality which I did not see were Minoa euphorbiata, Abraxas 
ulmata, Eupithecia pulchellata, Cidaria picata, C. prunata, Noto- 
donta camelina, Acronycta rumicis, Leucania congera, and many 
of the commonest Noctue, Pyrales and Crambites. In the 
pathway of a field there were hundreds of small holes inhabited 
by two species of bees; and I noticed a very curious insect, which 
when flying appeared as though enveloped ina mist. It turned 
out to be a gnat with remarkably long legs in proportion 
to its size, even for the Tipulide. The name of the insect 
is Dolichopeza sylvicola, and it is figured in Curtis’s ‘ British 
Entomology. —Ws. Pasxeui ; 39, Hawkstone Road, Rotherhithe, 
S.E., September 15, 1883. 
