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Butterburs of the Eastboqrne District. — The following is a 

 list of butterflies captured or seen in the neighbourhood of East- 

 bourne : — Pieris brassiccB and P. rapoB, very abundant. P. napi, 

 scarcer than usual. Euchlo'e cardamines, abundant ; the females emerged 

 very late. Colias edusa, common ; var. helice, sparingly. C. hyale, 

 one specimen in June. Gonepteryx rhatniii, scarcer than last year. 

 Argynnis paphia, common. A. aglaia, swarmed on some parts of the 

 Downs. A. latona, one specimen shown to my brother at Polegate Railway 

 Station, caught the same day, at Horsham, in a clover-field. A. selene and 

 A. enphrosyne, abundant. MelitcBa aurlnia, one captured at Abbot's Wood ; 

 I also saw several more captured. M. athalia, abundant at Abbot's Wood. 

 Vanessa urticce, common. V. io, very scarce ; I have only seen two. V. 

 atalanta and V, cardui, abundant. Limenitis sibylla, none captured, but 

 several seen. Apatura iris, common at Abbot's Wood ; would not come to 

 carrion ; several times I saw them settled on a path, after rain, imbibing 

 moisture, but they were wary and I did not capture any ; ray brother saw 

 two larvse, beaten from aspen. Arge galatea, abundant, but local, at Abbot's 

 Wood. Satyrus megara, common. S. semele, extremely abundant at 

 Beachy Head. S. ianira, abundant. S. tithonus, rather scarce. S. hy- 

 peranthus, abundant. Cceiionympha pamphilus, abundant. Thecla rubi, 

 first brood common, second brood very scarce. T. quercus, abundant. 

 Polyommatus phlceas, common. LyccBua agestis, common. L. adonis, one 

 specimen. L. alexis, abundant. L. alsus, very abundant, but extremely 

 local. L. corydon, abundant ; the commonest of all butterflies here from 

 July to September, on Downs. Syrichthus tnalvce, common. Thanaos 

 tages, abundant. Hesperia sylvanus, abundant. H. linea, abundant at 

 Abbot's Wood. In June my two brothers and an entomologist from 

 Brighton distinctly saw a Papdio podalirius at E,obbin Post Lane, Abbot's 

 Wood. — F.Bromley; Bineham, St. Leonard's Road, Eastbourne, Oct. 

 6, 1892. 



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A Suggestion for Recording. — It has occurred to me that much 

 useful information might be accumulated if those entomologists who reside 

 in the country, and are able to make observations day by day, would keep 

 a record of the dates when first and last specimens of any insects occurred 

 in their districts during the year. Additional interest would be given 

 to such records if the time was also entered when each species appeared in 

 greatest force. It would also add considerably to the scientific value of any 

 records of this kind if meteorological data were incorporated. The greatest 

 accuracy would perhaps be arrived at if the recorder only entered the result 

 of his own observations, but there would be no objection to his obtaining 

 information from fellow-workers in his own district. Of course dates of first 

 and last appearances should be, as far as possible, absolute, and not dependent 

 on the fact that the recorder had not been able to carry on observations 

 previous to the day on which he saw his first specimens or after that on 

 which he saw his last. When such a course is practicable the specimens to 

 be recorded should always be captured and examined, so that the species 

 may be properly determined and its sex ascertained. If any reader of this 

 note should feel disposed to co-operate, I shall be glad to hear from 



