90 FIRST' APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



Campanula rotundifolia. Flower, April 2, 



These, therefore, are the records which require watching. 

 With regard to Vicia sepium I have obtained this in flower 

 on one occasion in December myself, so February 10 is not 

 as astonishing as it looks. (W.P.C.) J.R. records from 

 Pulham the following first flowers: Milkwort, Polygala 

 vulgaris, May 31 ; Geranium lucidum, May 4 ; Adoxa mos- 

 chatum, April 20. 



LEPIDOPTBEA. 



(1) PAPILIO BIANOR. A single specimen by a schoolboy 

 on Durlestone Head, Swanage. (R. V. Sherring). 



(The insect has a native range over China, Amur, Corea, 

 and Japan, and must be regarded as an escape. ED. Phen. 

 Notes). 



(2) COLIASEDUCA. Female var. helice at Swanage in the 

 autumn (R. V. Sherring). 



20 Aug., 1917. Three at Bridport by boys (W. W. Male). 

 About 30 seen at West Bay in early September (E. Hudson). 

 In good numbers at Corfe Castle first week of September 

 (D.D.) 



(3) LEUCOPHASIA SIN APIS. Still occurs in the North 

 Western corner of the county sparingly. (A. R. Hayward). 



(4) VANESSA ANTIOPA. Reported to me from Swanage. 

 I do not regard this record as precise, and put this in print 

 (1) to gain further information ; and (2) to guard against 

 erroneous repetition of record. 



(5) POLYGONIA C-ALBUM. 12 Sept. 191-7. I am told 

 that young Mr. Lettey here saw a Comma Butterfly at 

 Durlestone Castle, Swanage, one day last week. I went 

 up the next, day but couM make nothing of it. He, however, 

 seemed positive. (F.G.P,) 



(I do not think a record of this insect may be admitted 

 in the absence of the specimen, though E. Harker Curtis has 

 taken it in the New Forest during the last decade. ED. 

 Phen. Notes.) 



