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ing things improved, moths being very abundant at flowers and 

 at sugar during the latter part of June and the first ten days of 

 July moths indeed swarmed at sugar in a way that I have not 

 seen for years. From the third week of July, however, every- 

 thing seemed to go wrong, neither sugar nor flowers seemed 

 to have any attraction for moths, or else the moths themselves 

 were absent. Larvae beating was a mere waste of time and 

 labour, three hours' hard work often yielding less than twenty 

 individuals of all sorts, even the commonest species failing to 

 put in an appearance.' 



Mr. A. Broadley, Keighley : — •' We have had a wretched 

 season here ; sugar has been an entire failure all through the 

 season.' 



Mr. J. W. Boult, Hull, says : — ' One of the worst seasons 

 I have known.' 



DIURNI. 



Anthocharis cardamines. Fairly common. Beverley 

 (/Z.) ; Malton Road, beyond Hopgrove ( W.H.) ; Stan- 

 ley ( IV.G.C.) ; Holtby ( W.H.). 



Gonopteryx rhamni. Grassington, August Bank Holiday 

 {KB.). 



Argynnis selene. Askham Bogs, dark (^. J/^) ; Sandburn 

 {IV.If.). 



Argynnis aglaia. Grassington (7^i5.); Kirbymoorside, com- 

 mon {A. A.). 



Argynnis paphia. Helmsley, common {A. A., S.W.). 



Vanessa c-album. Two chrysaUds and one larva taken on 

 netde at Helmsley {A. A.). 



Vanessa atalanta. Middlesbrough {T.L.), only one speci- 

 men seen all season; Stanley {IV.G.C). 



Venessa io. Stanley (JF: 6^. C). 



Vanessa cardui. A few before hybernation, Boroughbridge 

 Road {S. W.). 



