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us long to have it all back again, if only foi* just a little while. As a 

 result of one of our talks, we urged Mr. West to give us, from his well- 

 kept notes, a summarised record of his captures in the London district, 

 and although he put forward the unsatisfactory item that he had lost 

 his notes on the Tineina, of the lifehistories of certain groups of which 

 he was (and as an old friend and follower of Stainton, should have 

 been) an acknowledged master, we were able to persuade him into 

 writing up the remainder, and we are now able to present them to our 

 readers. We have advised him not to delete those localities lying just 

 outside our area, believing that the time may come when they will be 

 also valuable as records of what has been rather than what is. The 

 details mentioned are all made from first-hand observation, and are, in 

 no sense, an attempt to make a complete list of the lepidopterous fauna of 

 the southeastern district of London. To those interested in our 

 London entomological fauna we have no doubt they will prove of the 

 greatest interest. — Ed.] . 



DiuRNi. — Pieris brassicae, P. napi, P. rapae. — Bred from larva?, 

 abundant everywhere in the district. Kucldo'e cardamines. — Kidbrook 

 Lane, Burnt Ash (on April 20th, 1863, I captured 26, the majority 

 were taken between 8 and 9 a.m., the remainder about noon) ; I have 

 also taken it at Southend, Lewisham, Loughton, Dartford, Beckenham, 

 Woodside, and Headly Lane. Gonopteryx rhainui. — Lee, Lewisham, 

 Kidbrook Lane, Shooter's Hill, Riddlesdown, and Dartford. ('alias 

 ediisa. — June to October, in 1877, at the following places — Croydon, 

 Greenwich, Lee, Lewisham, Dartford, and Brockley, on the railway 

 banks. C hi/ale. — July, 1868, abundant in meadows in Burnt Ash 

 Lane, Lee ; some taken off grass whilst drying their wings at 8 a.m. ; 

 also at Brockley on the railway banks. Dryas paphia. — June 25th, 

 1865, in West Wood, Shooter's Hill, adjoining the Crown Woods, since 

 grubbed up and destroyed ; it was a very pretty Avood extending to 

 Black Fen, Sidcup. Aniynnis aylaia. — June, 1865, Darenth Wood ; 

 Box Hill, 1876. Brenthu eHphrosyne. — Southend, Lewisham, Darenth, 

 West Wickham, Shooter's Hill, and Loughton. B. selene. — Loughton 

 and Shooter's Hill. Polyyonia c-alhnin. — Flying along a hedge near 

 Swanscombe Wood, in 1868. Aylain nrticae. — Kidbrook Lane, 

 Lewisham, Greenwich, Lee, and other places. Eugonia polychloros. — 

 On sugared trees in Darenth Wood ; larvte at Beckenham, on elm ; 

 Kidbrook Lane. Vanessa io. — Larvae taken in June, imagines bred 

 during July ; Kidbrook Lane, Burnt Ash Lane, Lewisham, Brockley, 

 and many other places. I think it well to note the change that has 

 taken place in the neighbourhood of Burnt Ash Lane, Lee, as regards 

 this species ; I have not seen larvte for years, yet, during the 

 month of June, 80 years ago, had I been asked for a brood of larv», or 

 half a dozen broods, I could have put my hands on them, in this 

 neighbourhood. Pyravieis cardui. — Greenwich Marshes, Brockley, 

 Burnt Ash, and Lewisham ; larvae taken in abundance on nettles and 

 thistles from June to October, 1868 ; the larvae taken in October, 

 changed to pupfe, and lay through part of the winter, during which, 

 however, they died off. P. atalanta. — Larvas from June to October ; Lee, 

 Lewisham, Shooter's Hill, Loughton, and Croydon; it was also very 

 common on Blackheath, on the stunted nettles that grew in the pits. 

 Pararye eyeria. — May and August; Loughton and Shooter's Hill. /'. 

 }neqaera.—\ have taken it May, August and October; Kidbrook, Lee, 



