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Rennes; whilst Griffith's statement that it is double -brooded atMorbi- 

 han, occurring in May and again in July- August, is almost certainly 

 erroneous. The following dates may prove interesting. Continental 

 records : From May 5th to July 15th, in different years at Brenne 

 (Martin) ; April 23rd to May 25th, in different years, near Innsbruck 

 (Fritsch); May 4th, 1860, and July 23rd, 1864, on the Ziirichberg; 

 May 21st, 1864, in Hocker-on-the- Albis ; May 14th, 1865, nearWallisellen 

 (Dietrich) ; end of July, 1865, on the Maloja (Frey) ; May 25th, 1878, 

 near Senftenberg (Fritsch) ; August 3rd, 1880, quite fresh at Nassfeld 

 (Hormuzaki) ; May 17th, 1888, on the Axenstrasse (Hutchinson) ; 

 June 16th, 1890, at Les Plans (Fison) ; May 29th, 1891, at Hermance; 

 May 31st, 1891, at Onex (Blachier); June, 1892, at Certosa di Pesio 

 (Norris) ; Julylst-6th, 1892, atChamonix (Oberthiir) ; last week in June, 

 1895, on the Maloja (Fountaine) ; mid-July, 1895, at Pejo (Lemann) ; 

 June 1st, 1897, at Sepey (Lowe) ; last week in June, 1897, just above 

 Sepey ; May and early June, 1898, and April 28th, 1899, at Veytaux, 

 (Wheeler) ; end of June, 1898, in the Bernese Oberland (Oberthiir) ; 

 June 2nd, 1899, males all going over, but females still fine at Rennes 

 (Oberthiir) ; June 20th, 1899, in the Turtmannthal (Buckmaster) ; 

 June 26th, 1899, in the Rilska Valley (Nicholl); June 11th, 1900, in the 

 Val Strona ; June 12th, 1900, in the Val Anzasca ; July 2nd, 1901, at 

 Innsbruck ; July 10th, 1901, at Trafoi; July, 1901, at Engelberg (Lowe); 

 June 27th, 1901, in the Fluelathal; June 28th, 1901, in the Disch- 

 mathal; June 30th, 1901, at Flims (Fison); June 6th, 1902, at 

 Freiburg- in-Baden, common ; end of June, 1902, at Susa ; June 26th, 



1902, at Pesio (Lowe) ; June 26th, 1902, one specimen at Aigle 

 (Sheldon) ; May 4th, 1903, at Chantilly (Oberthiir) ; May 30th, 



1903, at Vionnaz (Wheeler) ; June 23rd-24th, 1903, between 

 Goschenen and Wassen (Keynes) ; June 17th, 1904, at Macolin 

 (Lowe) ; July 10th, 1904, in the Juras, at 1200m. ; very abundant 

 in the Bois des Freres, near Geneva, from May 5th-June 26th 

 (worn), 1905 ; the Grand Saleve, May 20th, 1905 ; Vuache, at 

 800m., May 24th, 1905; at Gaillard, May 26th, 1905; in the Grande 

 Gorge, on Mont Saleve, June 4th, 1905 (Muschamp) ; June 20th, 

 1905, at Loeche (Pearson) ; June 21st, 1905, at Villars (Lowe) ; May 

 28th, 1905, at Versoix ; June 21st, 1905, at Martigny (Blachier); 

 June 27th, 1905, in the Oythal, in the Allgau district (Dadd). 

 British records : — In Lincolnshire, it continues on the wing till 

 about June 20th, when it is much wasted (Raynor) ; May 1st, 1823, 

 June 6th, 1826, at Milton (Henderson) ; June 20th, 1854, at Craycombe 

 (Trans. Wore. Nat. Club) ; plentiful May and June, 1872, 1873, and 

 1874, at Barnwell Wold (Conquest) ; June 2nd, 1881, not common, 

 near Lincoln; June 2nd, 1882, near Lincoln (Fowler) ; Jane 3rd, 1882, 

 at Barnwell Wold (Fraser); June 1st, 1891, at Lincoln (Mackonochie); 

 June 2nd, 1891, fresh at Wansford, a late season (Vipan) ; earliest 

 dates for the following years are May 26th, 1892, at Langworth, near 

 Wragby; May 4th, 1893, at Langworth ; May 25th, 1894, at Legsby ; 

 May 27th, 1895, at Langworth ; May 27th, 1896, at Legsby (Raynor); 

 one bred June 6th, 1894, from an egg sent from Lincoln (Chapman); 

 May 19th, 1897, plentiful near Wansford (Sheldon) ; two cap- 

 tured June 1900, at Pond's Gate, Dartmoor (Walker) ; June 

 15th, 1900, in poor condition, near Uppingham (Kaye) ; May 31st, 

 1905, in Bedford Purlieus, near Wansford (Newman) ; end of 



