1*20 LEPIDOPTERA. 



there might have been more had not the energies and powers 

 of endurance of many of us been over-taxed by the tropical 

 weather through which we have passed — probably, too, a 

 species or two yet remain undetermined. 



Glancing at the records of rarities captured during the 

 past season the good old butterfly days appear to be return- 

 ing ; the scarcer species, such as Pieris Daplidicey Vanessa 

 Antiopa and Argynnis Lathonia, having put in a much 

 stronger appearance than usual, while as for Colias Eyale 

 r suppose it has never been more abundant. Lyccena Avion 

 seems to have started up in new localities, and the " Qialk- 

 hill Blue" has actually paid a visit to Hyde Park. 



Sphinx convolvuli has been unusually abundan;, and 

 some score or so of Deilephila lineata have been captured. 

 A ie\Y Choerocampa Celerio have turned up here and there, 

 and a C. nerii has occurred at St. Leonards. 



A sprinkling of Acronycta alni, both in the larMal and 

 perfect state, have been taken. The occurrence of Madena 

 pe7'egrina at Lewes corroborates the non-accidental nature 

 of the two previous captures in 1858 and 1859 respetively. 

 Perhaps one of the most interesting occurrences of the 

 season is the re-discovery in Norfolk of the long-hst 316- 

 liana Jlammea. Lamphygma eiigua, at Peckhan, is re- 

 corded. Several examples of Polia nigrocincta ha« again 

 rewarded the patient zeal of its discoverer. Cdlectors 

 evidently do not mean to let Erastria venustula become 

 extinct again for want of looking for it. Half-a-doten cap- 

 tures of the noble Catocala fraxini are recorded. Sterrha 

 sacraria, so surprisingly numerous in the previous season, 

 seems conspicuous by the occurrence of only a singe speci- 

 men. Besides these, the following are worthy of ^ote: — 

 another Agrotera nemoralis at Guestling; a smg\e Nascia 

 cilialis at Wicken Fen; Phlceodes crenana at Riihmond, 



