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think its occurrence so close to London worthy of record. A. 



Thubnall, Wanstead ; Essex, July 12th, 1922. 



Nemotois minimellus, Z., etc., in Gloucestershire. — It may be 

 of interest to record that I took a fine male Nemotois minimellus at rest 

 on a flower of Sneezewort {Achillea pharmica) in a field near Gloucester 

 where the Devil's Bit — Scabious {Scabiosa succisa) — grows, on August 

 11th, 1921. On the same date Lycaena avion was reported on our hills 

 by Master Kusself Brotherton. This was probably a case of retarded 

 emergence and not a second brood. — C. Granville Clutterbuck, 

 F.E.S., 23, Heathville Eoad, Gloucester. 



Lepidoptera in the Swanage District. — It may be of interest 

 to record the many species of butterflies met with in the Swanage 

 district during the past week-end. The weather was all that could 

 be desired, and the Purbeck hills and valleys were looking glorious 

 in their wealth of summer foliage. The hills running from Ballard 

 Down to Corfe Castle form the ground that gives the best results. 

 Here were found L. icarus swarming, a few worn L. adonis and 

 males of A. cardamines, which were very plentiful, and were flying 

 with a host of P. brassicae and P. rapae. A. euphrosyne were in fine 

 condition, but not abundant ; Z. minima, H. malvae and T. tages 

 were very common all along the bottom slopes, and were almost as 

 numerous in the quarry lands to the south. Females of C. edusa, 

 P. atalanta and P. cardui were all ovipositing, and it looks as 

 though these species will be in plenty later. P. aegeria and 

 P. megaera were very worn but in fair numbers, C. phlaeas and 

 C. pamphilus were in prime condition, but L. astrarche was going 

 over. G. argiolus were flying very freely and quite fresh. A new 

 place for G. rubi was stumbled upon by accident and they were 

 flitting about in scores. Not a single specimen of G. rhamni was 

 met with nor A. aciaeon, for although the text-books say July, I have 

 generally taken a few of the latter in June. Larvae of M. galatca 

 and S. semele were scarce, but V. urticac plentiful, and only two 

 T. quercus were secured for thirty minutes' beating. Unfortunately 

 time would not allow my visiting the home of L. sibylla and 

 T. fuciformis where these species occur abundantly but in a restricted 

 area. — Leonard Tatchell, F.E.S. ; Wanstead, June loth, 1922. 



Spring Bhopalocera in Surrey. — I thought the following list of 

 species of British Bhopalocera seen or taken between May 19th and 

 June 4th in Surrey within a radius of twenty miles of London would 

 be interesting to readers of the ' Entomologist ' : C. argiolus 

 (common), P. rapae, P. napi, P. brassicae, E. cardamines, G. rhamni, 

 V. io, V. urticae, P. atalanta, P. cardui, V. pohjchloros, II. ma 

 (common), C. phlaeas (scarcer than usual), T. tages (common), V. 

 rubi (local), N. lucina (abundant), L. astrarche, L. icarus (common), 

 L. bellargus, A. euphrosyne (common), G. pamphilus (common), 

 P. megaera, A. sylvanus and C. croceus. I also took a fair series ol 

 P. egeria from Bucks on May 14th, making a total of fcwenty-five 

 species in all. The specimen of C. croceus is a female in wr\ 

 condition. I shall be interested to hear if any reader can c 

 this total for the same period for the county of Surrey— twenty- 

 four species.— Augustus E. Stafford; 98, Cowley Road, Mortlake, 

 London, S.W. 14. 



