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so well, so naturally is the colour of the upper regions reflected in 

 this butterfly. It may be seen on the wing in June, but the latter 

 brood is the more abundant, usually occurring most in August, 

 continuing into fine Septembers. I saw more of it in 1887 than 

 in the last three seasons together. Unobserved in preliminary 

 stages. 



1888: June 21st— 28th. 1889: August 30th— September 

 14th. 1890 : June 2nd— September 15th. 



Hesperia sylvanus (Pamphila sylvanus). — Like the last, the 

 only representative of its tribe. This butterfly occurs regularly 

 in June, being often seen in a certain spot. Contrary to most 

 species, it is far more plentiful in the first than in the second 

 emergence, being most frequent during June. The flights of this 

 insect are short, the so-called skipping very rapid during bright 

 sunshine, in duller weather less active. One dull morning, after 

 rain had fallen, I caught a specimen with the finger and thumb, 

 as it was settled upon a reed. This insect does not linger at all 

 late in the season ; I have not known it to extend to September. 

 Unobserved in preliminary stages. 



1888: June 16th— August 21st. 1889: June 22nd— August 

 1st. 1890 : June 16th— July 24th. 



Nordelph, Downham Market, Norfolk, Nov. 5, 1890. 



COLLECTING IN WALES. 

 By J. Arkle. 



Foe, those who are high-minded let me prescribe much riding 

 on Welsh railways. Whether you shoot along the stone heaps 

 beyond Bala, or touch the edge of the sea-cliffs at Barmouth, or 

 screw round a mountain on the "narrow guage," the moral is the 

 same — you are as helpless, and, let us hope, as humble, as the 

 two-year-old who possibly shares with you the compartment. 

 There is nothing to be seen out of window to make you rise in 

 your own estimation. You are immediately shot across a gaping 

 glen or rocky chasm, and the sight of a foxglove, with its possible 

 Eupithecia pulchellata, only intensifies the idea that you are done 

 with all things sublunary. And yet accidents are just as rare as 

 on other lines, nor are the insurance rates higher. With such 

 philosophies the time went by until the sight of a smart groom 

 and turn-out, at Maentwrog, suggested I might change the scene, 

 and recollect that the business on hand was moths and not morals. 

 Away and along the highway we rolled, and, after picking up my 

 host, Mr. W. J. Kerr, who pointed to the scorched-looking oaks 

 nearly defoliated by swarms of Tortrix vlridana, the evening of 

 July 14th found me once more among the leafy shades of 

 Tan-y-Bwlch {Under the Hill), and by the waters of Glan 



