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19th June. At Badbury Rings P. atalanta and P. cardui 

 were much in evidence, the latter being a conspicuous feature, 

 which confirmed my surmise of the 8th. 



27th June. I captured one H. ianira with pale borders to 

 the wings, and saw several others amongst the crowd that 

 were to be seen at Broadstone Golf Links, but had not the 

 wherewithal to catch them. 



4th July. At Canford very late in the afternoon I saw 

 Macroglossa stellatarum flying at Bramble. It was a very 

 hot day and Argynnis adippe was out, and the larvae of 

 Hemaris fuciformis were about a quarter of an inch long. 



On the 8th July I have a note on the marked tendency of 

 H. ianira to bleach this year. 



On the 4th August I procured a single Nudaria mundana 

 in the Queen's Road at Svvanage, and noted the great abun- 

 dance of Macroglossa stellatarum. 



On the 22nd August the second broods of L. astrarche 

 and L. adonis Avere on the wing at Swanage. 



On the 26th September at 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon 

 Luperina cespitis was busy ova depositing on Handley Down. 



On Oct. llth I saw Pyramei atalanta in Poole Park, and 

 this was the last time I. saw any signs of lepidoptera. 



Any night work was deemed to be injudicious and likely 

 to cause trouble, having regard to the Defence of the Realm 

 Regulations. (W.P.C.). 



Cyaniris Argiolus, the Holly Blue, swarmed in May. 

 (N.M.R.j. 



FLOWERS. 



Neottia nidus-avis. The Bird's nest Orchis. 



Linton's Flora of Bournemouth gives two stations, one on 

 the chalk and the other on the Wealden Clay, whilst Mansel- 

 Pleydell's Flora of Dorset gives quite a number of stations, 

 as far as I can see almost exclusively on the Cretaceous and 

 Oolitic Systems of Rocks. I have already noted a station 

 under beech trees on Creech Hill, on the Chalk, and besides 



