188 FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 



INSECTS (NOTES BY W.P.C.) 



As a result of my illness I was nearly debarred from field 

 work during the first six months, as I was unable to stand 

 about or walk far. 



During the latter part of February and early March I 

 found several empty cocoons of Dicranura bifida at Swanage, 

 and I am sure this insect is commoner in the county than is 

 supposed. The majority of the cocoons have evidently been 

 torn open by birds. 



The early spring was dull and cold, but Tephrosia bistorta 

 turned up on the 21st March and Hybernia leucophaeria on 

 the 27th. 



The 2nd April was a trifle better, and Panolis piniperda was 

 found on a fir tree, whilst a solitary Vanessa io disported 

 itself during a sunny interval, but as a whole the month was 

 dull and sunless. 



29th April was, however, beautiful, and I saw Cyaniris 

 argiolus at Bournemouth, and on the 30th Pieris rapae at 

 Poole. 



2nd May. On Pentridge Down I saw numbers of 

 Gonepteryx rhamni, Pieris brassicae, P. rapae, Vanessa io, 

 and Aglais urticae. 



The hot first week in May produced marked progress, 

 bringing out Euchloe cardamines, Cyaniris argiolus, and 

 Boarmia cinctaria in good numbers on the 9th. 



On the 10th May Nisiondes tages, Syricthus alveolus, and 

 Argynnis euphrosyne put in an appearance at Canford. 



May on the whole was lovely weather. 



On June 5th Lycaena icarus and L. adonis were out at 

 Badbury Rings. 



On June 8th I saw Pyramei-s cardui, and on June 9 Pyrameis 

 atalanta, and as the winds had recently been southerly and 

 south-westerly I concluded there had been an immigration. 



The first week in June was dull but oppressively hot, and on 

 June 13th Callophrys rubi was about in good numbers and 

 Diacrisia sannio was out, but worn. 



