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Albarracin district ; similarly, from mid-June to mid-July, in Galicia, 

 and in July and August at Bejar. In Italy it is probably, at least 

 partially double-brooded in the plains, although, as usual for this 

 country, the knowledge available is limited and indefinite ; it is, for 

 example, recorded as occurring throughout July and the first fortnight 

 of August at Boscolungo in the Apennines (Stefanelli); also in June 

 and July at Limone and Tombolo (Schiavazzi); and common in the 

 second part of August in the Yallombrosa (Curo): whilst Riihl gives 

 June and September in the Roman Campagna, and May and August 

 in Lombardy, suggesting two broods ; we note May in the neighbour- 

 hood of Rome, June at Florence, July at La Prese (White); end of 

 June and early July, at Lucca (Walker) ; our own records indicate a 

 single-brood only in the mountainous regions of Piedmont, in July and 

 August ; Chapman has taken it as early as May at Locarno, and 

 Lowe, in June, at Orta, but we have no indication of a second-brood 

 here. The tiny examples in the Brit. Mus. coll., taken by Zeller in 

 early September in the Roman Campagna (antea, p. 173), would indi- 

 cate rather specimens of a partial third-brood. In Russia we note it 

 as recorded in June and throughout July in the Baltic Provinces (Nol- 

 cken); in June and July in the Riga district (Teich); also in early August 

 on the Gulf of Riga (Druce) ; June and July, throughout the Wiatka 

 Government (Kroulikowsky); also distributed throughout the Moscow, 

 Kaluga, and Tambov governments, in June and July (Assmuss). There 

 is practically no information available as to whether the species is single- 

 brooded or double-brooded in Asia, and the following general records 

 must be studied in connection with the actual dates noted (infra) 

 by those interested, e.g., the species is recorded as occurring in June at 

 Afka, in Syria (Nicholl); September at Brussa ; July in the Taurus 

 Mountains (teste Bethune-Baker); early June, in the Khingoob Valley 

 (Grum-Grshimailo); common at Ongodai, and in the Tchuja and Bash- 

 kaus valleys, in July (Elwes); common in June and July, in Corea 

 (Leech); in August, on the Isle of Askold (Oberthur), etc. Actual dates 

 recorded for the capture of this species are : In Britain — June 8th,. 

 1844, abundant on the Cliffe Hill, Lewes (Weir); July 10th, 1856, 

 near Emsworth (Buckler); July 15th, 1856, near Dover (Harding); 

 July 21st, 1856, at Witherslack (Hodgkinson); August 6th, 1856, at the 

 Burning Cliff, near Weymouth (Pretor); July 7th, 1857, in Headley 

 Lane, July 10th, 1857, on the long ridges above the precipitous part 

 of Box Hill (Trimen); July 14th, 1857, near Worth (Silvester) ; July 

 29th, 1857, at W T arsash (Swinton) ; June 22nd, 1858, in the 

 Dover district (Harding) ; June 25th, 1858, in the New Forest, 

 common (Farren); June 29th, 1858, at Ringwood (Crotch); 

 June 30th, 1858, in profusion at Norley Wood (Guise); July 3rd-5th, 

 1858, near York (Prest); July 11th, 1858, on Holly Hill (Chaney); July 

 16th-17th, 1858, near Green Trees Farm, Tilgate Forest (Tugwell) ; 

 July 7th, 1861, in great abundance in the New Forest (Farren); 

 July 14th-15th, 1861, in profusion at W T hitbarrow Scar (Hodg- 

 kinson); June 27th- July 2nd, 1864, at Wokingham (Horton); 

 July 3rd-27th, 1865, at Bournemouth (Knaggs); June 13th, 1868, 

 swarming at Lyndhurst, a very hot summer (A. H. Jones); July 7th- 

 8th, 1870, at Bolt Head (Mathew); very common July 7th-21st, 1870, 

 in the Lizard district (Marshall); July 20th, 1871, at Loughton 

 (Burrows); August 5th-21st, 1871, in the New Forest, abundant 



