536 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



In May-June and August (August 26th) in Roumania (Caradja), 

 in June-July at Tultscha (Mann), at Schiltenberg (Himsl), double- 

 brooded, the 1st brood about May 10th, the 2nd brood in July at 

 S. Quentin (Dubus), also two broods in Alsace (Peyerimhoff), April 

 and June-July in the Haute-Garonne (Caradja), in early April at 

 Digne (Tutt); early May in Waldeck, in 1844 on the wing by 

 April 30th (Speyer), at the beginning of June at Brunnen (Jones), 

 May and June at Eure-et-Loir (Guenee), May 24th, 1896, at 

 Namur (Lambillion), May 25th, 1875, at Bergiin (Zeller), June 

 1 2th, 1870, at Konigswin^er (Jordan), June 29th at Hoel Renebo, 

 and early July, 1898, at Hoel Trondhjem, in Norway (Bingham- 

 Newland), June 24th at Pichtendahl (Nolcken). Fritsch gives 

 dates from April 23rd to June 6th, extending over a long series 

 of years in Austro- Hungary, also a few at the end of July at 

 Salzburg, 2000ft. above the sea-level. Dates for the British 

 Islands are — June nth, 1848, June 25th, 1851, at Holmbush 

 (Merrifield), May 27tl>3ist, 1856, at Dunoon (Chapman), 

 June 1st, 1857, some 30 imagines at Langwith Common, but 

 imagines at York in July, i860, a very backward season (Ander- 

 son), May 28th, 1858, in New Forest (Bryant), June ist-4th, 

 1858, June 6th, 1859, at Worcester (Edmunds), about 100 

 in the few days preceding June 14th, 1858, in fields where 

 scabious abounds at Himbleton (Smith), June ist-2ist, 1858, 

 at Greenock (Somerville), June 7th-2ist, 1858, at -Newnham 

 (Bingham , May 27th-June 5th, 1859, near Loch Nell, between 

 Bunawe and Oban ( ' Ent. Wk. Int., vi., p. 182), June 1 6th, 1859, 

 on Wimbledon Common, May 23rd-28th, 1866, at Bagley Wood, 

 June 2nd-i5th, 1891, at Leatherhead (T. Briggs), June zist-24th, 

 1868, at Howth, fine series June 19th, 1869, at Howth (Carrington). 

 Birchall notes it (Ent., v., p. 81) as abundant in the autumn of 

 1869 at Connemara, imagines being on the wing in May, a few 

 worn specimens in June, and freshly emerged examples in July 

 (Lawless teste Birchall), May 29th, 1869, at Winlaton Mill (Hedworth), 

 June 5th-26th, 1S69, at New Forest (Capper), beginning of June, 

 187 1, near Athenry (Lawless), June 12th, 187 1, at Inverurie (Garrow), 

 June 21st, 1874, on Sandburn Common (Dutton), April 19th, 1863, not 

 scarce at Balcombe, May 17th, 1875, at Ramnor in the New Forest 

 (Fenn), May 27th, 1885, May 26th-28th, 1892, in a wood near Wragby 

 (Raynor), June 16th, 1885, at Cork (Sandford), June 3rd, 1887, May 

 12th, 1893, at Sulham, June 1st, 1890, at Butterwood, never abnndant, 

 throughout May, 1893, in the Swansea district very abundant 

 (Holland), May 20th, 1890, in Brighton district (McArthur), 

 May 3ist-June 7th, 1890, on wing at Brockenhurst (Ogden), 

 May 28th-June, 1891 and 1892, near East Hoathly (Nicholson), 

 June 5th, 1891, at red rattle in Stubby Copse, May 26th-June 

 2nd, 1894, in New Copse (James), May 27th, 1892, in the 

 Belfast Hills (Watts), May 26th, 1892, May 5th-2ist, 1894, May 

 22nd, 1897, in the New Forest (Christy), June 18th, 1892, 

 at Guildford, (Grover), May 1st, 1893, at Aberdeen, flying 

 wildly (Home), May nth, 1893, at Oxshott, . May 26th, 1896, 

 at scabious in New Forest (Kaye), May 2ist-24th, 1893, 

 in bad condition in New Forest (Richardson), May 4th, 

 1893, at Monaghan (Kane), May 2ist-24th, 1893, in New Forest 



