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grass, sea-buckthorn and blackberry. At York it is found on rough 

 grassy fields about Strensall Common, at Bramshall, in a damp meadow 

 near a small stream, whilst at Hartley Wintney, also, it occurs in a 

 boggy meadow by the side of a river. A swampy meadow by a 

 running stream of fresh water is its haunt at Eainham (Essex), but at 

 Brentwood it has been found on a common occupying the highest 

 ground in the district, and at Kingsbury it still exists on a narrow 

 stretch of common land by the roadside. In Owston Woods it occurs 

 in the glades, and in a field outside the wood ; at Madeley, in a field of 

 mowing grass, near Walton's Wood, whilst at Abbott's Wood its home 

 is in a marshy meadow surrounded by the wood, and at Enniskillen it 

 haunts the grassy margin of a lake. In Roxburgshire, Elliott finds it 

 flying plentifully in the sunshine, on the grassy bank of a burn side. 

 At Loch Nell, near Oban, it is taken in an open grassy spot in a wood, 

 whilst the Hon. Miss E. Lawless found it very common on the Clare 

 coast, on the same ground as Anthrocera purpuralis (initios). Atmore 

 obtains it at King's Lynn, by sweeping and searching flowers of Scabiosa 

 succisa and Trifolium prateme, whilst Borkhausen says that Linne 

 named the insect statices because he found the imagines common on 

 flowers of Statlce armeria. 



Time of appearance. — In early seasons this species flies in May. 

 In 1893 it was recorded at Llandogo as early as April 25th, we found 

 it at Chattenden (Kent) on May 20th, 1893, and it was passe by May 

 27th, but June 3rd-10th are the average dates for this locality. In 

 1888, a late year, the species was out until late in July. Zeller 

 states that in the Glogau Stadwald, on July 31st, 1863, this species 

 was swarming on the flowers of Armeria vulgaris, in the burn- 

 ing sunshine. In the same year Zeller had found worn specimens 

 towards the end of June, in the same locality, whilst in other years 

 he had met with specimens as late as August. The same observer 

 records the species at Meseritz, on May 29th, 1869. Chapman found 

 it at Saeterstoen. in fine condition, from June 30th-July 2nd, 1898, 

 and we took it ourselves between April 13th-20th, 1898, at Auribeau, 

 nr. Cannes. Eeisen notes it at Warnicken, in July 1877, but neai; 

 Cranz.in East Prussia, on May 29th-31st, 1882. and Fuchs, as occurring 

 at Oberursel at the end of May, becoming abundant by June 1st. 

 Hofmann says it occurs throughout June and July, in the Upper 

 Harz, and that it flies at dusk with Hepialus Inunuli. Zapater and 

 Korb give it as occurring in July in the Spanish province of Teruel. 

 Lifton writes that, on June 5th, 1896, at Upton St. Leonards, a 

 few specimens only were seen in the early afternoon, but about 

 5.20 p.m. a swarm appeared to rise from the grass, and hundreds 

 could have been taken. F. H. Day also notices that at Carlisle it 

 flies more freely either at, or shortly before, sunset. We have obtained 

 the following dates :— June 18th-30th, 1856, June 14th, 1859, at Hol- 

 lingbury Combe (Image), June 2nd-3rd, 1857, at Dorking (Trimen), 

 June 7th, 1857, at West Wickham (Healy), June 9th, 1857, at 

 Acton Fields (Bird), May, 1859, at Loch Nell, nr. Oban (Thomson), 

 June 14th-20th, 1859, at Shorncliffe (Rogers), June 4th, 1860, at 

 Maltby Wood (Batty), July 3rd, 1861, at Worcester (Edmunds), June 

 2nd, 1864, at Worcester (Horton), May 19th, 1888, at Cirencester 

 (Harmer), June 25th, 1869, at Folkestone (Ullyett), May 29th, fine, 

 June 8th, worn, 1874, at Guernsey (Luff), June 4th, 1883, at Mans- 



