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May and all " earliest dates " for the year behind time. The only 

 early arrival was G. glcmcata on April 21st at Holker. Sallow work 

 has been very bad indeed, and most work done by "light." The past 

 week has been very bad, with high winds or heavy rain each night. 

 I am told that Euchaeca obliterata, which I found locally common 

 in 1921, and Perizoma affinitata, of which we took six in 1921, are 

 new records for the district. Up to May 13th fifty-one local 

 " earliest dates for 1922 " have been listed. — Dr. Lowther- Gran^e- 

 over-Sands, May 17th, 1922/ 



Deiopeia pulchella Bred from S. Devon larva. — A friend of 

 mine brought me, last year, from a South Devon locality, a larva 

 that was not known to me. I fed it upon forget-me-not (Myosotis), 

 for which plant it appeared to entertain a partiality, subsequently 

 pupating. I have since forced through the resulting pupa, from 

 which a fine specimen of D. pulchella emerged last Saturday. I 

 Write this as it might be interesting to record in the 'Entomologist.' 

 — J. M. Jaques; The Eed House, Banstead, Surrey, April 20th, 1922. 



Occurrence of Forficula auricularia, Linn., var. forcipata, 

 Steph. in Surrey. — I found about 8 to 10 specimens of this variety in 

 an old rotten gate-post, about 4 foot high, near Wisley Bridge, Surrey, 

 on March 10th, 1922. There were no other earwigs present in this 

 spot, only that particular variety, and all, of course, of the male sex. 

 -^-G. Fox- Wilson; Entomological Dept., Boyal Horticultural Society's 

 Gardens, Wisley, Ripley, Surrey. 



Rhopalocera from Rhodes, Samos, Gallipoli, etc. — The follow- 

 ing notes from the Islands of Rhodes and Samos, the country round 

 Maidos on Gallipoli, and the Island of Afisia in the Sea of Marmora, 

 may be of interest. We only stopped at the above places for 

 a very short time, and at Samos and Afisia I was only able to get 

 ashore for a couple of hours between 5 and 7 p.m., local time. The 

 weather, except at Gallipoli, was very bad, and collecting at Rhodes 

 was done during a very heavy thunderstorm, which lasted two or 

 three days. I am indebted to Major P. P. Graves for the identifica- 

 tion of the specimens of S. liermione from Rhodes, E. lupin us, 

 E. telmessia and A. hyrax, and for confirmation of identification of 

 P. zephyrus. Owing to weather and time at my disposal, Gallipoli, 

 in the neighbourhood of Maidos, is the only one of the above places 

 which can be considered to have been thoroughly worked. 



A. = Afisia, G. = Gallipoli, R. = Rhodes, S. = Samos. 



Papilio podalirius, R., one. P. machaon, R., larva full fed ; 

 G., imago. Aporia crataegi, G., common, worn. Pieris brassicac, R., 

 P. rapae, G., A. Pontia daplidice, R., G. Leptidia sinapis, G. Colias 

 edusa, G., plentiful; var. helice, G., one. Gonepteryx ckopatra, S., 

 one. Argynnis maia {pandora), G., fairly common. A. lathonui, G., 

 one fresh male. Melitaea didyma, G. M. phoebe, G. Polygon ia egea, 

 S. Vanessa polychloros, S., three females; G., not uncommon. 

 Pyrameis atalanta, S., G., A. P. cardui, R., S., G. Limenitis Camilla, 

 S., G. Pararge roxelana, R., S., common ; A. P. viaera, R., tolerably 

 common ; in proportion to megaera of 7:4; S., equal proportion to 

 megaera. P. megaera, R., S. Coenonympha pamphilux, G. Satyrus 

 circe, A., one fresh male. S. liermione, R., one worn male and two 

 entom. — june, 1922. N 



