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abundance, though there were " lulls " in its appearance. We caught 

 P. podalirius on March 19th, and again on the 21st, when we also got 

 Polyommatus phlceas and Ccenonympha pamphilus. On March "23rd we 

 got Thecla rubi — the specimens were in splendid condition— and also ob- 

 tained Hemerophila abruptaria, Phlor/ophora meticidosa, and Agrotis excla- 

 mationis in the evening. On March 99th we got Thestor mauritanica. 

 This species was extremely local, being found in a few square yards only. 

 On Aprrl 4th my father rode to a lake about sixteen miles from our house 

 and collected around it; he went to a place in which he had caught Thestor 

 hallus eight years previously ; the wind was blowing hard, but he managed 

 to catch twelve specimens in fair condition. The next day we got Lycmia 

 hwtica, and a very dark olive female example of Thais rumina. On March •22nd 

 we saw the females of Gonepteryx cleopatra depositing eggs on an evergreen 

 shrub near the gravel-pit mentioned above ; we took the eggs as she laid 

 them, and brought them home; we also found two newly hatched larvas 

 two or three days later. The first larva hatched out on x^pril 1st, and was 

 in pupa by April 21st, and a fine male emerged on Mav 10th. The others 

 did about the same. The caterpillar is grass-green, with a pale line down 

 each side, and never changes much in colour from egg to full-grown. On 

 April 8th my father saw a hybernated Charaxes jasius which is found here, 

 but the fresh ones come out in August; it feeds on the arbutus. On 

 April 13th we all went out to the " pig-sticking " camp, and took our nets 

 and other appliances, but there was not much time for butterflvino. The 

 lamps at night attracted Pseudophia tirrhcea, ArctiaviUica, and a huge red 

 eggar female in numbers; also Agrotis saucia ; we caught Catophia alehy- 

 mysta also. 



I have now returned to England, having left Tangier on April 27tb, and 

 have heard from my father that he has caught Chierocampa celerio and 

 Saturni pyri, some eggs of which I now have. It was really too early in 

 the year for the majority of insects, but, nevertheless, it was very enjoyable 

 collecting, and one could get excellent specimens of every sort. I found a 

 lot of larvae, which were very gregarious at first, but spread out when thev 

 grew older; they were black when small, and bright yellow hairs with long 

 white hairs when full-fed. The have all pupated, but no imagines have yet 

 emerged. I forgot to mention three varieties of the lappet-like larva — 

 bright chestnut, dull brown, and grey, as in quercifolia. — G. Meade- 

 Waldo; care of P. Williams, Esq., Eton College, Windsor. 



COLIAS HYALE AND VaKIETIES OF SyBICHTHUS MALVjE AND MelIT^EA 



CINXIA IN THE IsLE OF WiGHT. — Among my captures of Diurni in the 

 Isle of Wight, during Whit-week, were a perfect specimen of Colias hyale, 

 one of Syrichthiis malvce {alveolus) var. taras, and a striking varietv [a. 

 male) of Melitcea cinxia. — R. S. Mitford ; 35, Redcliffe Square, South 

 Kensington, June 2Uth, 1901. 



Lepidoptera in the New Forest at Whitsuntide. — Three davs' 

 collecting at Lyndhurst, with Mr. A. D. Wilson, of Fife, produced satis- 

 factory results. Argymus euphrosyne and Gonepteryx rhamni swarmed all 

 over the forest, while Thecla rubi and Nemeobius lucina were abundant, the 

 latter in Stubley Copse. As usual, Macroglossa fuciformis and AI. bomby- 

 liformis were fairly common near the railway line at Wood Fidley. Amono 

 other moths taken were: — Drepanafalcula, D. unguicula, Lithosia aureola, 

 Boarmia consortaria. Ligdia adustata, Macraria liturata, Thyatira batis, 

 Dicranwa vinula, Euclidia mi, Odoiitopera bidentata, Arctia inendica 



