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In the garden, in the evening, I noted L. dnafm, P. iiajii, I', ari/eria 

 var. eijerides, and a solitary male of Pieris brassicae, but as yet P. rapae 

 has been absent. 



April 19th. — Three days of rain have stopped all collecting, but 

 today, during the furtive gleams of sunshine, numerous specimens of 

 P. ra/iae were in evidence in the garden. Besides the XyLucopa bee, 

 which is becoming more and more noticeable, there are numerous other 

 Hymenoptera more or less common. A large "Bumble-bee" with two 

 yellow bands across the abdomen, a good sized bee of a tawny-red 

 colour, and another, a grey-brown species with very distinct tufts on 

 its legs, are perhaps the most obtrusive. Odd specimens of C. anjiolus 

 are met with practically everj' day, but so far no abundance. 



April 20th. — There was strong sun light to-day with high wind, and 

 I collected for a short time in a narrow valley with a small stream, 

 running due west behind the hotel Arquata Scrivia. This should 

 prove a good collecting ground as the valley is well sheltered on both 

 sides by high ground. I took Fapilio poilaliriiis and male Colias hi/ale 

 quite fresh, also female Pieris napi. The females of this species here 

 seem generally to have only one black spot on the fore-wings. 

 Leptosia sinapis and Paran/e afgeria var. eyerides were taken, and a pair 

 of A^/soJi'tflt/es tof/^s apparently just emerged. A specimen of Melitaea 

 didyiiia was also noted. 



The next afternoon I again visited this valley, picking up Kticldo'e 

 cafdaiiiines, Callophrys rubi, and N. tayes, with a female of L,. sinapis. 

 One specimen of hybernated Aylais urticae was seen, a species which 

 apparently is not very common here. ' P. aeyeria v. egeridea was again 

 seen, while P. napi was in abundance. The spring butterflies mostly 

 were still scarce. Probably the very cold nights and the wet and 

 sunless days hindered their due appearance. — (C. B. Ashby, F.E.S.) 



{To bti continued.) 



<i^, URRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



North Wales. — Ent. Record. — IL, 63. March: xii., 269. June : 

 xiii., 369. Sept. : xvii., 259. Jy. : 



Ent. Mo. May. — X., 179. (summer) : xiii., 211. Oct. (sugar) : 



Ent.—\I., 405. March : x., 256. Jy. : xxi., 318. Aug. : xxii., 

 294; xxiii., 361. Jy. : xxiv., 16. June: xxv., 315. Jy.: xxvi., 196. 

 (spring) : xxix., 289. May-June : xxx., 67. Aug. : xxxi., 20 : xxxii,, 

 95 ; xli., 6i, 91. 



Norfolk.— i<;?(f. Record.~II., 225. July (Broads) : v. 252. July 

 (Cromer) : vii., 306. Summer : xi., 259. Aug. : xii., 271. June ; 

 xii., 301. Aug.: xvi., 24: xvi., 60. June: xvii., 255: xix., 291. 

 Sept. : xxi., 56 : xxiv., 230. 



Ent.—yi., 52; ix., 19 (Norwich): x., 15. Jy.-Aug. : xi., 96. 

 Feb. : xv., 134 (sugar) : xvi., 9 : xvi., 19 : xvi., 271. Aug. : xvii., 33 : 

 xxiii., 355: xxiv., 304 (gas-lamps): xxxii., 279. Aug.-Sept. : xxiv., 

 26. Jy.-Aug. : xlvii., 246. Jy. (Crandri). 



Ent. Mo. May.—\., 104. ; viii., 271. Aug. : xiii., 246 (light) ; 

 xviii., 239 ; xxvi., 301 (Hunstanton) ; xxxiv., 115. 



King's Lynn. — Ent. Record. — II., 40, 289. spring: vii., 161 ; xiii., 

 303 ; summer : xvi., 103, 295. 



Ent. Mo. Mag.— XIX., 165 ; xxiv., 243 ; xxv., 806. Summer : 

 xxix., 45. Light : xxx., 50. 



