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seeds of May, Jane and July, many thousands of several varieties of 

 hawkweed, willow-herb, etc., had sprung up and were in full flower. 

 Females of P. rapae, P. dapUdice and C. ednsa were swarming at the 

 flowers accompanied by a few C. liyale, P. cardni, P. inegera, and the 

 late emergence of Anthocharis belia, the last a very difficult species to 

 capture in the wind. All were in capital condition but A. belia which 

 wanted careful selection. I had a fine form of Mantis religiosa brought 

 me to-day, the only bright green summer form I have so far seen, 

 although, I understand, quite plentiful in the district. I also secured 

 after repeated attempts a very large specimen of the Orthopteron, 

 StetJiophyuia fiiscum. 



September 16th. — I collected this afternoon in the bed of the river 

 between the Bluff and the wooden bridge. This was another cloudless 

 day with hot sun and no wind, and Lepidoptera were swarming at the 

 blossoms of the hawkweeds and other plants in flower. In addition to 

 my captures of September 14th here, I took a female Issoria latho)iia 

 in excellent order, and fresh specimens of Pauvicia phlaeas and i'olias 

 edusa, with some newly emerged very large spotted female Pieris 

 brassicae. Along the rocky sides of the left bank, just below the 

 Catocala ground of July-August, I found a perfect specimen of the 

 beautiful Deiupeia pulchella, the first living example I had mot with. 

 A little further on I secured a perfect specimen of Mantis relir/iosa, the 

 green summer form on a hawkweed floAver-head. The Orthoptera are 

 very abundant in the dry rocky bed of the Scrivia, rising in twos and 

 threes every few yards as one walks along it. — Lieut. E. B. Ashby 

 (F.E.S.). Hounslow. {To be concluded.) 



Late Appearance of Agriaees coridon. — On Oct. 6th I took a 

 pair of A. coridon, the Chalk Hill Blue in cop. Is not this an 

 extremely late date ? — S. A. Chartres, 4, King's Drive, Eastbourne. 



PoLYGONiA c- ALBUM NEAR SALISBURY. — At the end of September and 

 early in October three specimens of Polijf/onia c-albmii were caught by 

 a son of Dr. G. Kempe, of this city, in a garden in Warminster. Is 

 this not a rather unusual locality for this butterfly? A Gonepterijx 

 rhamni was seen flying in Wilton only three days ago although the 

 weather is so cold. — H. G. Gregory, Westleigh, Salisbury, Nov. 29th. 



(CURRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 



When one acquires an addition to one's library a closer examina- 

 tion of the author's work often reveals certain personal characteristics 

 and peculiarities which a casual reference does not show. Recently 

 this was the case with the " Catalogue of North American Butterflies," 

 by Herman Strecker, 1878. Among other features of the work is an 

 " Alphabetical and Explanatory List of Localities," to which there are 

 some notes, e.r/., Mexico, " The principal pastime of the inhabitants is 

 to cut each other's throats. They have frequent changes of the 

 administration, sometimes being blessed with several in one day. The 

 Emperor Maximilian endeavoured to establish order and suppress 

 anarchy, but through the interference of the United States, which wanted 

 Mexico for itself, his efforts were rendered abortive, and he shared the 

 fate of other reformers, being ruthlessly murdered by the miserable 



