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slightest manner to the food-plant or any 

 other substance : the CHRYSALIS is rounded and 

 without projecting points or angles ; the ex- 

 tremities are obtuse : it is covered with short 

 hairs, which, however, are not apparent with- 

 out the use of a lens ; its colour is a pale, 

 dingy, greenish brown, and the cases which 

 envelope the thoracic segments and wings have 

 a semi-transparent appearance. Newman. 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. End of May, the 

 whole of June, and the beginning of July. 



LOCALITIES. It appears to be abundant 

 everywhere in England on chalk, but gene- 

 rally absent where there is no chalk. Mr. 

 Birchall did not meet with it in Ireland or 

 the Isle of Man, and I know of no record of 

 its occurrence in Scotland. In the south of 

 England it is comparatively common. I sub- 

 join a few localities. 



Berkshire. Burghfield, near Reading: I 

 mention this, not on account of the rarity of 

 the insect, but because there is no chalk near 

 C. S. Bird. 



Buckinghamshire. Drayton - Beauchamp, 

 Buckland, Aston-Clinton H. Harpur Crewe; 

 Halton Joseph Greene. 



Cambridgeshire. Cherry Hinton ; chalk- 

 pits near Cambridge F, Bond. 



Cornwall. Railway banks nrar Terras, 

 Pill, and other places, tolerably abundant : I 

 am rather surprised at its occurrence here, 

 as there is no chalk near Stephen Clogg. 



Cumberland. Grisedale, near Saddleback : 

 Mr. Hope, of Penrith, told me he had taken 

 it repeatedly J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Dorsetshire. In plenty on the downs near 

 Dorchester, Lulwortb, and Hoddhill ; a single 

 specimen at Glanville's Wootton J. C. Dale. 



Essex. While collecting with the Rev. 

 W. Bull, in the high woods near Colchester, 

 we were astonished to meet with about a 

 dozen specimens of this insect. I bad never 

 seen it there before, nor have I found a single 

 specimen since: there is no chalk anywhere 

 in the district, and no marl within three or 

 four miles of the high woods : a specimen or 

 two have occasionally turned up on the rail- 

 way banks, but it is a great rarity here 

 W. II. Harwood ; in the year 1866, when 



beating autumnal larvae in Epping Forest, I 

 observed Corydon here and there in till the 

 drives through the forest : I caught somo 

 half-dozen, and only notice the circumstance 

 on account of the absence of chalk E. 

 Newman; Herne Bay, H. D. Greville; Saffron 

 Walclen W. R. Jeffrey. 



Glamorganshire. Common at St. Bride's, 

 near Bridgend Evan John. 



Gloucestershire. It occurs at Wootton- 

 under-Edge, but is not so common as it was 

 foraaerly ; it used to be very abundant 

 V. R. Perkins ; common on some parts of the 

 Cotswolds, at Dursley, and near Cheltenham 

 Joseph Merrin ; Rodborough Common 

 M. G. Musgrave ; Durdham Downs, and 

 Coombe Glen, near Bristol F. D. Wheeler ; 

 near Stroud W. H. Grigg ; Clifton Alfred 



E. Hudd. 



Hampshire. Portsdown W. Buckler ; 

 taken once on heath in the New Forest 

 G. B. Corbin; hill near Winchester J C. 

 Dale. 



Kent. Every Kent list speaks of its abun- 

 dance in the county : I have seen it by 

 hundreds in the chalky lane leading from 

 Dartford to Darent E. Newman. 



Lancashire. Grange Alfred Owen; abun- 

 dant at Arnside in Silverdale, more especially 

 about Arnside Tower J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Lincolnshire. Common in Lincolnshire on 

 chalk T. H. Allis. 



Middlesex. Very rare near Whimbley 



F. Bond. 



Somersetshire. Leigh Woods A. E. Hudd. 



Surrey. In all parts of Surrey S. T. 

 Klein; Milford, near Godalming C. G. 

 Barrett. 



Sussex. Beeching Chalkpit, and near 

 Shanktonbury Ring : plentiful in July J. 

 H. White; plentiful about Lewes C. V. C 

 Levett ; everywhere on the South Downs 

 E. Newman. 



Westmoreland. Rough Fields, near Beeth am 

 and Milnthorpe, in August J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Wight, Isle of. Abundant on the chalk 

 James Pristo. 



Wiltshire. Glory Ann, Rainscomb Park, 

 near Great Bedwyn J. A. Preston. 



