FIRST APPEARANCES OF BIRDS, INSECTS, ETC. 191 



place. I did not see a single specimen of the Clouded Yellow 

 Butterfly (Colias edusa) anywhere." 



Other notes sent in are : 



First Leveret seen February 10th. (WHATCOMBE) (J. C. M.-P.) 



Perfectly coloured Lunar Rainbow seen on April 28th at Childe 

 Okeford. (D. C.) 



Remarkably dry spring and summer. The chalk counties of 

 Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, and Hampshire suffered much from the 

 drought ; also in parts of Cornwall the drought was very great. A 

 very wet, mild autumn and winter up to Christmas. (E. S. R.) 



And the following note which Mr. Hibbs sends in reference to 

 his record of a Glow Worm on March 27th, 1895 : 



'' In my return of first appearances of insects, 1894, the Glow- 

 worm is given March 27 in Vol. 1 6, page 191. In the editor's report, 

 page 187, its early appearance is referred to doubtfully, but it is 

 quite correct as to its early appearance, but the date should have 

 been a clay earlier, March 26th. It was found on Easter Monday 

 and carried three-quarters of a mile, and was most active and very 

 luminous. (G. H.)" 



