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in warm summers there is a third brood, emerging from the middle of 

 September to the middle of October, e.g., 1900. Dalglish says there 

 are three broods in the Clyde basin, the first in May, the last in 

 October, the earliest recorded dates for the district being May 15th, 1891, 

 and May 19th, 1900, the latest October 3rd, 1896. Other dates noted 

 are, May 30th, 1857, at Southampton (Swinton) ; July 7th-8th, 1870, 

 just appearing at Bolt Head (Mathew) ; May 20th, 1871, at Wanstead 

 (Burrows) ; May 25th, 1872, at Monk's Wood (Raynor) ; April 22nd, 

 1874, at Dry Drayton (Walker) ; July 18th, 1876, at Abbott's Wood 

 (Dale) ; August 2nd, 1876, near Beachy Head (Sich) ; August 6th, 

 1877, at Chislehurst (Bower) ; August 20th-September 1st, 1877, at 

 Tresco (Crewe); May 11th, 1878, at Mottingham; July 14th, 1878, at 

 Brandon (Bower) ; May 30th, 1878, in the Rugby district; May 24th, 



1879, in the Rugby district (Napier); August, 1879, at Tresco (Norgate); 

 August 24th, 1879, at Yarmouth and Lowestoft (Lockyer) ; first seen 

 in the year, September 10th, 1879, at Maldon (Fitch) ; August, 



1880, at Dover (Gowland) ; July 27th, 1881, in the Isle of Purbeck 

 (Bankes) ; May 7th, 1882, at Bexley (Bower) ; August, 1882, at Truro 

 (Benson); August 7th, 1882, between Witley and Farnham (Oldfield); 

 September 16th and 23rd, 1882, at Folkestone (Hall); May 23rd, 

 1886; May 23rd, July 14th, August 4th, 5th, 27th, 1887, in the 

 Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; July, 1887, in Argyleshire (F. A. W T alker) ; 

 July 20th-August 10th, 18S7, in the Chepstow district (Ince); August 

 lst-20th, 1887, abundant on the Deal sandhills (Tutt) ; August 

 6th, 1887, at Beckenham (Reid) ; June 13th, 1888, in the Isle of 

 Purbeck (Bankes) ; June 23rd, 1888, in Delamere Forest (Arkle) ; 

 August 23rd, 1888, between Wimborne and Blandford (Ward) ; 

 September 18th, 1888, at Sandy (Hill) ; June 5th, August 12th-31st, 



1889, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; June 22nd, 1889, in Delamere 

 Forest ; July 15th, 1890, between Aberdovey and Glandovey (Arkle) ; 

 August 12th, 1890, at Ramsey, Isle of Man (Jager) ; August 15th, 

 September 11th, 1890, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; August 29th, 



1890, at Newlyn (Burrows); May 30th, 1891, at Great Leigh; 

 September 9th, 1891, at Loughton (Burrows) ; August 11th, 1891, at 

 Andreas, Isle of Man (Clarke); August 15th, September 8th, 1891, in the 

 Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; egg deposited August 28th, 1891, at Finchley, 

 larva pupated October 2nd, 1891, imago October 25th, 1891 (Hawes) ; 

 another imago emerged November 12th, 189 1, having taken three months 

 to complete its life cycle from the time the egg was laid (Hawes); May 

 20th, 1«92, at Shoeburyness (Bower) ; May 21st-June 7th, 1892, in 

 the New Forest (Ridley) ; May 31st, 1892, at Langworth (Raynor) ; 

 June 2nd-12th, 1892, in Abbott's Wood (Tugwell) ; June 18th-26th, 

 1892, at Folkestone (James) ; July lst-l4th, 1892, at Salcombe 

 (Prideaux) ; July 27th-August 17th, 1892, in Wicken Fen (Tutt) ; 

 July 29th, 1892, at Witherslack (Arkle); August 10th, 1892, at 

 Rainham ; August 26th, 1892, at Southend (Burrows) ; August 

 10th, 17th, 1892, in the Isle of Purbeck (Bankes) ; last week in 

 September, 1892, at Hastings (Bird) ; exceedingly abundant in 1893, 

 from April to October, the hot dry summer evidently suited this species 

 (Tutt) ; April 15th, 1893, at Tonbridge (Turner) ; April 18th, 1893, 

 in the Wye vallev (Nesbitt); April 18th, 1893, at Southend (Battley) ; 

 April 18th, 1893, at Instow (Mathew); April 19th, 1893, at' 

 Instow (Hmchliff); April 20th, 1893, at Forest Row; May 13th, 1893, 



