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in the New Forest when I went over on May 22nd. The only other 

 species I noticed were Libellula depressa, in the New Forest and near 

 Wilton ; Pyrrhosoma nymphula, New Forest, Komsey, and Sahsbury ; 

 Ischnura eleyans, Romsey and Salisbury ; and Agrion puella, Romsey. 



Coleoptera : — Numerous, but not yet named. — F. M. B. Carb ; 

 46, Handen Road, Lee, S.E. 



Notes on a Collection of Butteeflies from Brittany. — To 

 record at this distance of time the results of three months' casual 

 collecting in 1899 may seem to savour of official methods. I can only 

 apologise for my want of industry, and trust that the indulgent reader 

 will think this a case in which the proverb " Better late than never" 

 holds good. 



Val Andre, where this collection was formed, is a small j)i(ig^ on 

 the Bay of St. Brieuc, in the Department of C6tes-du-Nord. The 

 nearest railway station is Lamballe, about nine miles away. For nine 

 months of the year Val Andre consists largely of unoccupied furnished 

 houses, but it fills up to an astonishing degree after midsummer. The 

 coast scenery resembles that of South Devon from the Start to Bolt- 

 tail, but is less bold. There are several glens running inland, where 

 tiny streams find their way to the sea, and these are productive of 

 sport to the Nimrod of the net. 



I reached Val Andre at the beginning of May, 1899, but the weather 

 was not at the outset very propitious. It so happened that I had to 

 send to England for some apparatus, and this was mysteriously de- 

 layed. At last it was discovered at Lamballe ; the authorities had 

 detained it because the contents were not specified outside the parcel, 

 and it was only after some persuasion that they delivered it up to its 

 rightful owner. By May 18th I had seen Vanessa cardui, V. atalanta, 

 V. urticce, Pieris rapa;, Ccenonympha pamphilus, and Pajnlio machaon. 

 V. cardui was very common on the coast, and it was there also that we 

 saw an occasional P. machaon. It was odd to see this splendid butter- 

 fly, which one associates with the peaceful sunshine of the fens, 

 careering about on the steep rock-bound coast. Later in May I saw 

 or took Lycmia icarus, Colias edusa, Parar[/e megoira, Melitcea cinxia, 

 Euchloe cardamines, Gonepteryx rhamni, Colias Jiyale, Polyommatxis 

 phlceas, and Pieris hrassiccc. On May 31st I took two Nemeobius lucina 

 in a valley near Nantois. Melitaa cinxia was extraordinarily common 

 about this time. There was a hayfield close to the house where I was 

 staying, which simply swarmed with whatever butterflies were in 

 season. After the hay was carried the field produced a plentiful crop 

 of vetch, and Lycaina bcetica, Aporia cratayi, Colias hyale, not to men- 

 tion less interesting species, could be taken in profusion by stepping 

 outside the door. Two years ago I happened to find myself at Val 

 Andr6 for a day, and was sorry to see that this happy hunting-ground 

 had been fenced in. 



A ramble with a net in the direction of Nantois on June 7th pro- 

 duced Syrichthus malvo), Thecla rubi, Epinephele ianira, and another iV. 

 lucina. By this time M. cinxia was beginning to look rather worn. A 

 little later in the month Melaiia^'yia galatea and Aporia cratcegi put in 

 an appearance. On June 22nd an expedition to a wood a mile or two 

 inland produced two specimens of Ccenonympha iphis. The colouring 



