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Mr. C. B. Williams' Records of 



over Rio Claro fiji the .south-central district] lor several 

 days, fiyiiig from the south-west to north-east. 



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1919. Fehmary. 

 the 7th February, 1919, Sir Norman Lamont reported 



to me that he had seen the yellow butterflies again on 

 migration on the Rock-Penal road (a few miles inland 

 from the centre of the south coast). He wrote as follows : 



Fiu. 1. 



" At 12 o'clock at the junction of the Moreau and Rock- 

 Penal road ... I noticed a steady stream of yellow 

 butterflies flying east to west with the wind. They were 

 of course high over the tops of the trees, crossing the 

 Moreau road, and were in ones, twos, fives, sixes and eights, 

 but in quite loose order. I remained until two o'clock, and 

 the flight was steady all that time. At two o'clock I 

 started east along the Rock-Penal road, and the butter- 

 flies were flying along this road which was parallel to their 

 course, and consequently they were able to fly lower. I 



