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in New Forest (Pearson) ; June 13th, 1887, May 1 6th, 1893, In Isle 

 of Purbeck, 2 bred June 12th, 1887 (Bankes); June 6th, 1888, 

 June 29th, 1S94, June 13th, 1897, at Carlisle (Wilkinson); May 

 20th, 1890, June 13th, 1891, at Aberdeen (Home); June 9th, 1890, 

 at Chattenden, May 22nd, 1893, at Brentwood (Mera); June nth, 

 1890, June 8th, 1892, at King's Lynn (Atmore) ; May 21st, 1890, 

 at Benfleet, bred June 1st — 7th, 1894, June 5th, 1894, bred a 2 which 

 attracted a J on June 6th, 1 897, at Eastwood, bred June 16th, 1898, 

 from larva obtained April 10th (Whittle); June 14th — 21st, 1891, 

 May 22nd, 1892, June 3rd, 1895, in Epping Forest, June 3rd, 1894, 

 at Aylesbury (Bayne) ; June 10th, 1891, males assembling to a $ 

 sitting on heather, near Inverness (Eastwood); June 1 6th, 1891, and 

 following days at Leigh Woods, June 25th, 1894, at Dursley 

 (Griffiths); June 13th, 1891, at Brockley in Somerset, June 22nd — 

 July 13th, 1891, at Leigh, May 25th — June 21st, 1892, at Bristol 

 (Bartlett); June 9th — 18th, 1891, $ s flying at about 6.30 p.m., 

 June 3rd, 1892, Js flying, June 9th, 1892, a 2 on gaslamp, June 

 1 6th, 1892, a 2 buzzing over grass at Bristol; May 24th, 1895, 

 S s flying in the Isle of Wight (Prideaux) ; May 30th — June 6th, 

 T891, in New Forest (James); May 30th, 1891, at Brockenhurst, 

 May 2 1 st — June 7th, 1892, in the New Forest (Ridley); June nth, 



1892, May 6th, 1893, at Loughton, June 13th, 1893. at Moreton, 

 June 4th, 1895, at Ringwood (Bloomfield); May 28th, 1893, June 

 20th, 1894, at Cannock Chase, June 1 8th, 1898, at Burnt Wood 

 (Freer); May 21st, 1893, at Bawsey (Glenny) ; bred June 14th ( ? ), 

 15th {$ ), 1894, at Aberdeen; larvae, September 24th on into October, 



1894, at Aberdeen, went down into moss, the last on December 

 10th, began to pupate in January, taken indoors May 10th, imagines 

 appeared May 30th ( $ ), May 31st ( ? ), June 1st ( 2 ), June 2nd 

 (3 2 s, 1 $ ), June 3rd (2 2 s, 2 $ s), June 4th (2 2 s, 2 $ s), June 5th, 

 (1 2,3 S s), June 6th (?,#), June 7th (6 ?s,2^s and 3 $ s crippled), 

 June 8th ( $ ), June 9th (<?), June 10th (<? crippled), 1895; 

 captured at Aberdeen June 2nd — 19th, 1894 (most abundant about 

 the 12th); June 22nd, 1894, at Penrith; May 25th — June 6th, 



1895, at Aberdeen, May 9th — 23rd, 1896, at Aberdeen (most 

 abundant about May 23rd) (Varty) ; June 10th, 1895 (Baily) ; 

 May, 1893, in Arran, June 17th — 21st, 1898, at Rannoch, 

 June 5th, 1897, on the Pentland Hills (Morton); May 18th, 



1893, in the New Forest (Richardson); May 13th, 1893, at 

 Instow (Hinchliff) ; April 26th, 1893, at Forest Row (Dallas- 

 Beeching) ; June 7th, 1893, at Buckerell (Riding); April 24th, 



1893, in Burghclere district (Alderson) ; May 6th — 24th, 1894, in 

 New Forest (P. Reid) ; June 9th to June 21st, 1894, May 

 27th — June 1st, 1895, May 16th — June 10th, 1896, near 

 Carlisle (Day); June 3rd, 1894, i n Blean Woods (Jones); May 

 30th, 1894, at Chiasso, in Tessin (Knecht) ; June 8th — 17th, 



1894, in the New Forest (Wells) ; June 10th, 1895, at Porthcurno 

 (Daws); June 1st, 1895, captured males by assembling at Ems- 

 worth (Christy); May 24th, 1895, at Methven Moss (Wylie) ; bred 

 May 20th — June 4th, 1895, from Langharne, a 2 attracted a male 

 at 7.30 p.m., the eggs being deposited about 10 p.m. (Jefferys); June 

 1st — 4th, 1895, * n North Staffs (Blagg} ; June 5th, 1895, many males 

 in the Boghall Valley (Evans); June 14th, 1895, at Ayr (^Fergusson) ; 



