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but rarer inland (Oberthur) ; at Nohant it is found from June 20th 

 to July 20th (Sand), and from June to August, at Rheims, in fields 

 and woods (Demaison), whilst the last week of June is reported for the 

 dept. Loir-et-Cher (E. Harrison). In Bulgaria, it occurs near Sofia in 

 May and June (Bachmetjew), in Austria it occurs from June 4th 

 to September 9th (only one after August 31st) (Fritsch), whilst in 

 Baden it lasts from the end of May to August (Reutti), end of June 

 and July in the southern, July and August in the northern, parts of 

 Norway (Aurivillius) ; in Switzerland it appears by the end of May in 

 the plains, and continues throughout June and July (Frey) ; very 

 common during the whole of June in Greece (Staudinger), May to 

 July in Sicily (Tedaldi), July 24th-26th, 1896, July 22nd-26th, 1897, 

 July 22nd-28th, 1898, at Aix-les-Bains (Tutt), July 18th-21st, 1890, 

 at Tancarville in Normandy (Leech), July 9th, 1898, and following 

 days, in the Laerdal, Scandinavia (Petterssen), from the end of June 

 to the end of July, in the Baltic provinces (Nolcken) . Reid notes it 

 as appearing in July, on the Aberdeenshire and Kincardine coast, and 

 Mason, in July at Clevedon ; Merrin notes it in June in the Gloucester 

 district, and Hodges that it swarmed from the end of July until Sep- 

 tember, 1898, in South Devon ; Hellins found larvae at Branscombe, 

 between Seaton and Sidmouth, in July, the imagines emerging in 

 August ; Bostock found imagines at Land's End in June, and on 

 Cannock Chase the same month, whilst Chaney notes its average time 

 of appearance from July 3rd to August 15th, in the Chatham district; 

 Fletcher records it from Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, in late August 

 and September, Alderson from Swanage, in August, 1891, Whittle 

 gives June 24th and August 13th as the earliest and latest dates at 

 Southend, spread over a series of years, and says that in Essex, the 

 species emerges in July, and lasts well into August. Henderson 

 notes it as most abundant in July, 1887, in Lundy Island, and Clarke, 

 June, 1887, in the Isle of Man. Riding received cocoons from Troon 

 on July 12th, 1897, some emerged during the journey, and continued to 

 do so for over three weeks, only one example with 5 + 6 united, whilst 

 at Folkestone it was very abundant throughout August, 1892, some 

 specimens fresh at the end of the month, many were cripples, 

 chiefly $ s, possibly due to the $ s disturbing and pairing with them 

 before the wings had fully expanded (Adkin), and at Eastbourne, in 

 August, 1887, the species was common, below the average size, and the 

 spots in the majority of examples united in pairs (Adkin) ; first week 

 in August, 1890, at Howth (Harker). It is impossible to deal with a 

 tithe of the dates (received from correspondents or published in the 

 magazines). The following, spread over many years, are representative : 

 June 23rd, 1856, at Hollingbury Combe, June 30th, 1856, at Brighton 

 (Image), June 19th, 1857, at Wandsworth(Blackmore), September 2nd- 

 7th, 1860, June 9th- July 4th, 1863, July 18th, 1864, August Snl-oth, 

 1867, July 29th-August 26th, 1874, very worn, June 24th-August 1st, 

 1875, June 20th-August 15th, 1885, June 12th larvae, 29th pupte, 

 imagines to August 8th, 1886, July 2nd-23rd, 1887, August 18th, 

 1888, June 8th larvae, 10th-13th pupre, July 20th- August 1st, 1889, 

 July 27th, 1890, June 20th-July 4th, 1891 pupae, June 4th larvae, 

 July 9th-August 28th, 1892, July 25th-August 5th, 1893, at Deal 

 (Fenn), June 15th- July 6th, 1868, at Caterham Common (A. H. 

 Jones), August lst-7th, 1871, very abundant at Caterham (Wells), 



