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(1916)]. I had previously taken one example on the well-known 

 sleepev fence adjoining the railway at Deal Station. 



On the occasion now recorded I took on a post three specimens, 

 one of which was an extraordinarily dwarf one, but perfect. As I 

 knew that my friend Mr. Donisthorpe was anxious to add this species 

 to his fine collection, I wrote to him and suggested that he should 

 come down and join me in another hunt for it, which he gladly did. 

 The day was brilliantly fine and hot, and Hylotrupes turned out to be 

 very much in evidence, my friend capturing enough to make a full 

 and fine series for his cabinet, including one truly magnificent and 

 very large example from another old post. This I visited by myself 

 on another day, when I observed the head and antennae of a dead 

 Longicoj'n protruding from a crack — which I carefully extracted 

 whole. Looking on the other side of the post, I observed another 

 alive and sitting in the sun. I soon boxed him, and both these 

 beetles turned out to be Criocephalus ])oloniciis, Mots. [= ferns, Kr.) 



Thus it appears that the two species {Hylotnifies and Criocephalus) 

 inhabit the same post. I believe that this is the first record of the 

 capture of the latter species near Weybridge. 



It may be interesting also to record the fact that Cicindela sylvatira, 

 L., occurred again on Weybridge Heath last summer after many years' 

 absence. — R. S. Mitford, 4, Lisburne Crescent, Torquay. 



[Fowler gives the length of hlylotrupes bajnlus as 14-20 mm. Mr. 

 Mitford's dwarf specimen only measures 8-5 mm., whereas my very 

 large 2 measures 24 mm. ! — H.J.D.] 



Collecting in Feance and Italy. — [Satyriis arethiisa should be 

 S. statiluiHs in every case. — e.b.a.] . 



August 18th. — On this afternoon I proceeded to the locality where 

 I first took Satyr us statHinus, and though a very strong, gusty sirocco 

 was blowing, I put up and took thirteen fine imagines of this butterfly, 

 including several females which were fully out. I could have taken 

 more as the species seemed strongly established in this particular place, 

 but as I was recovering from an attack of " Spanish flue," even perfect 

 iS. statilhuis failed to make one stand upright when one's legs were 

 weak. I also took a large female Pontia daplidice and the smallest 

 example I have ever seen of Melitaea did y ma. 



August 21st. — In the garden I saw but failed to secure a fine 

 example of Riiralis betulae, although it settled within easy reach. 

 Imagines of Gatocala nupta were still quite fresh, and now and then 

 came into the villa. The abundant C. electa were now going over and 

 required careful selection for cabinet specimens. In the afternoon I 

 again visited the steep hillside just behind the last villa, and there in 

 a small clearing at the foot I obtained Limenitis Camilla, Satyrus eirce, 

 Ayriades coridon females, Urbicola coiinva both sexes, females of 

 PolyoiiDiiatiis icarus, and of Brenthis dia, Fieris rapae, and on the 

 rougher ground higher up a female of Colias hyale. The day wa& 

 a very hot one. 



August 22nd.— This afternoon I re-visited the first gorge to the 

 right across the River Scrivia. - B. dia was still fresh and abundant 

 all the way up. Atjhe back of Vocemola cemetery I took Calliniorplia 

 hera, and further up"T saw but failed to reach a very good specimen of 

 Euvanessa antiopa. Still further up and 'to the right of the stream. 



