CAI>TURES AND FIELD REfORTS, S^5 



after was rather abundant ; whilst Sphinx lUjuslrl also was unusually plen- 

 tiful, the first specimen occurring on May 26th. Argynnis j^aphia, A. adippe, 

 and A. selene were all much worn, and practically over, by the end of June. 

 — (Rev.) W. Claxton ; Hartley Wintuey, Winchfield. 



Rhopalocera in 1893. — Third broods of the following butterflies have 

 appeared this season in the midlands, namely, Pieris brassicce, P. rapcB, 

 P. napi, Pulyommatus j)hlccas, and Cccno7iympha pampliilus (partial) ; and 

 in the South of England I may add, Lyccena astrarche (partial), L. icarus 

 (partial), and Pararge megcRra, all of which usually only possess two flights 

 in this country. Possibly P. egeria and a few others may also have been 

 three-brooded during the past season, but I can only personally answer for 

 those named. — W. Harcourt Bath; 195, Ladywood Road, Birmingham. 



Lepidoptera in London. — During the summer I observed the follow- 

 ing species in a garden at Highbury: — Vanessa atalanta, V. urticcs, 

 Chrysophanus phlmas, Pieris brassicce, P. rapce, Macroglossa stellataruni, 

 Catocala nupta, Uropteryx samhucata, and many of the commoner Noctuae. 

 — Harold Hodge ; 2, Essex Court, Temple, Oct. 16, 1893. 



Lepidoptera at Tenby. — I was at Tenby during the first three weeks 

 of September. Vanessa atalanta was very common ; I did not observe many 

 V. wticcB, and not a single V. cardui or V. io. Polyommatus phlceas 

 swarmed. There were a considerable number of Macroglossa stellatarum; 

 and I heard of several Sphinx convolvuli having been captured. — Edgar J. 

 Mbynell; Durham. 



Notes from Dorsetshire. — Macroglossa stellatarum. very numerous 

 on geranium beds (have taken about 30). Sugaring rather disappointing. 

 Ivy good, so far; amongst others I have taken two E-pimda nigra on it. 

 Vanessa io and V. cardui very scarce. — E. G. Wanhill; Poole, Dorset, 

 Oct. 11, 1893. 



Notes from North Staffordshire. — A female Vanessa c-album was 

 taken in the Vicarage orchard on September 17th; I heard also of one or 

 two being taken at Market Drayton by Mr. Woodforde, and one or two at 

 Haughton Rectory near Stafford. V. atalanta has been very plentiful this 

 autumn in the whole district, as also has Polyommatus phlceas ; V. io has 

 been fairly abundant, but V. cardui has again been altogether wanting; nor 

 have I heard of any appearance of Colias edusa this year. Macroglossa 

 stellatarum has been recorded from Cheadle, but I have not observed it 

 myself at Madeley. — (Rev.) Thos. W. Daltry; Madeley Vicarage, Staffs. 



Captures of Lepidoptera during 1893. — My season practically com- 

 menced on February 19th, when a visit to Richmond Park produced Nyssia 

 hispidaria in sparing numbers, with Phigcdia pilosaria in fair plenty, and 

 Hybernia leucophcearia in large numbers ; two Cheimatobia brumata in 

 good condition were also taken. The weather was very fine and warm, 

 and I noticed the first Bombus of the season. On March 4th, in Epping 

 Forest, the take included P. jnlosaria, H. cescularia, and H. leucophcearia. 

 On March 6th, H.p)rogemmaria emerged, and was aferwards very plentiful. 

 On March 21st, one Tceniocampa instabilis was taken on a lamp-post at 

 Buckhurst Hill. On Easter Sunday I was in Paris, and caught Hipparchia 

 [Pararge] egeria in the Bois de Boulogne. On April 6th, I captured 

 Biston hirtaria on a fence in Walthamstow. The i6th of April was fine 

 and warm, and I observed hybernated specimens of V. polychloros and 



