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Brephos notha.—Commonly met with in the woods, flying 
in the sunshine in early spring; it has a partiality for settling 
on the sandy roads which traverse the woods, and is very 
easy to capture. 
Plusia chrysitis and P. Gamma.—Very abundant. 
P. Iota.—Not uncommon. 
Gonoptera Libatrix.—Common. 
Amphipyra pyramidea and A. Tragopogonis.— Very 
common. 
Catephia Alchymista.—Scarce. 
C. Fraxini.— Used to occur amongst poplars in one 
locality. I have seen specimens taken there, but in 1872 the 
poplars were removed, and the insect has disappeared. 
C. nupta.—Very abundant. 
C. promissa.—Very scarce. 
Euclidia Mi and E. Glyphica.—Common. 
Halias prasinana.—Abundant. 
I cannot speak with certainty with reference to the 
abundance or scarcity of those species of which I took but 
one specimen. 
Many of our commonest English insects are absent from 
the above list: especially conspicuous by their absence are 
such as Caja, Lubricipeda, Menthastri, Auriflua, Antiqua, 
Neustria, &c. I can only say that I never met with them, 
but I should not like it to be inferred from this that they do 
not occur. 
I imagine that collectors of Neuroptera and Diptera would 
have a great treat, especially in the pine forests. I was 
terribly annoyed by several individuals, which I referred to 
the latter order, some of them inflicting as much pain by their 
bites as a surgeon’s lancet. 
ARTHUR WM. PAUL. 
Waltham Cross. 
[I think the absence of the undermentioned butterflies, so 
familiar to English entomologists, may also be mentioned :— 
Galathea, Egeria, Semele, and Rubi; as well as the more 
local Artemis, C-Album, Epiphron, Lucina, and Betule.— 
Edward Newman.| 
