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it from the Altai mountains, at Biisk, which appears to be peculiarly 

 arctic in its climatic conditions, the birches and poplars only just 

 breaking into leaf on June 2nd, 1899, and hardly an insect stirring, 

 0. rubi being one of the first. It also occurred at Ongodai, between 

 June 10th and 14th, and in the Tchuja Valley, up to the Tchuja 

 Steppe, which is also described as having a peculiarly arctic aspect. 



British localities. — Very strangely localised in England, Ireland, 

 and Scotland, abundant in some counties, apparently quite absent in 

 others. Aberdeen : coast districts (Esson) — Fyvie, Tarland (W. Eeid), Banchory 

 (McAldowie), Alford, common (McLean). Argyllshire : locally abundant — 

 Kilmartin (Vaughan), Bilberry (Cottingham), Tarbert, Lochgoilhead (Dalglish), 

 Loch Long district — Dunoon, etc. (Chapman), Holy Loch (Ord), Ardrishaig 

 (Gibbs), Islay (W. B. Jones). Ayr : Auchineruive (Duncan). Banff (Edwards). 

 Berks : widely distributed, sometimes common (Hamm) — Beading (Clarke), Bagley 

 Wood (Geldart), Newbury (Kimber). Bucks: generally abundaut (Elliman)— 

 Chiltern Hills — Kimble district, Missenden, etc. (Bowland-Brown), Halton 

 (Stainton), Drayton Beauchamp (Bothschild). Buteshire: Bute — Barone Hill, 

 Bothesay (Dalglish), Isle of Arran (McArthur), Kilmorie (Weir). Cambridge: 

 near Ely (Archer), near Cambridge (Lee). Carmarthen : not common — Oaklands 

 Drive, Pendine (Barker). Carnarvon: near Bettws-y- Coed, abundant (Gardner), 

 Conway Valley, common (Bland), Llandudno (Walker), near Deganwy (Gardner). 

 Cheshire: Delamere Forest district, Sandiway, and Abbott's Moss (Collins), 

 Tarporley (Stock). Clackmannan : Clackmannan Forest (Evans). Cork : 

 Bandon, Glengarifr', etc. (Kane), Skibbereen (Wolfe), Cork (McArthur), Glandore, 

 Dunmanway (Donovan). Cornwall: occurs throughout the north (Bothschild), 

 locally common in the east, rather scarce in the middle, and rare in the west — 

 Millook, Launceston, Trebartha, Saltash, Whitsand Bay, Liskeard, Looe, 

 Boscastle, Lostwithiel, Bodmin (Clark), Polperro, Truro (Bollason), St. Agnes 

 (Snell), Godolphin (Spiller), near Penzance (Marquand), Hayle (Clark), etc., 

 Portscatho (A. H. Jones), Bude (James). Cumberland: locally plentiful (Day) — 

 Carlisle district (Hodgkinson), Orton (F. H. Day), Burgh (Dixon), Gelt, Hayton 

 Moss (Boutledge), Keswick — Ullock Moss, etc. (Beadle). Denbigh: Llangollen, 

 near Buthin (Gardner) . Derby : Dovedale, common, Alderwasley (Payne) , Breadsall 

 Moor (Jourdain). Devon : Lynmouth district, common (T. H. Briggs), Brendon 

 (Prout), Torrington district, common (Doidge), Silverton, common (Heald-Ward), 

 Paignton district (Goodale), Torquay district (Crocker), Brixham (Ham), Teignmouth 

 district, abundant (Bogers), Honiton district, common (Riding), Exeter district — 

 Oxton (Bower), Salcombe (Prideaux), near Plymouth (Bignell), Instow, Barnstaple, 

 Bideford, Lustleigh, Totnes, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Bolt Head, etc. (Mathew), Sid- 

 mouth, Stoke, Morthoe(Vic. County List), Bickleigh Vale (Briggs), Chagford (Buck- 

 ler). Dorset : locally common — Carne Wood, common (Bogue), Sherborne (Doug- 

 las), Hod Hill, Hambledon Hill (Fowler) , Blandford, common (Stainton), Isle of 

 Purbeck, Wareham, Studland (Bankes). Dublin (Birchall). Dumbarton: locally 

 abundant — Glen Falloch, Luss, Milngavie (Dalglish) , Bonhill (Malloeh), Helensburgh 

 (Ord). Elgin (Brown). Essex: common and generally distributed— Colchester, etc. 

 (Harwood), Maldon (Fitch), Thundersley Common (Whittle), Colchester (Har- 

 wood), Harwich district (Mathew), Epping (Doubleday), Chingford (Lane), 

 Loughton (Carr), Witham, rare (Burnell), Beeleigh, Danbury, Hazeleigh, Stow 

 Maries, Woodham Ferris (Baynor). Flint : Ashgrove, Overton (Perkins), Valley 

 of the Dee, near Overton (Gardner). Galway : abundant (Kane) — Clonbrock, 

 common (Dillon), Connemara (Birchall), Galway (Lawless). Glamorgan : 

 Swansea district — Sketty Park, etc. (Bobertson). Gloucester: generally dis- 

 tributed — Stroud district, Haresfield Hill, etc. (Davis), Slad, Painswick Hill, etc. 

 (Watkins), Gloucester (Marsden), Woodchester, near Stroud (Mackey), Lower 

 Guiting (Greene), Cirencester (Harman), the Cotswolds (Fox), Stonehouse (Nash), 

 Wotton-under-Edge (Perkins), Bristol, common (Stainton), Dursley (Griffiths). 

 Hants : generally distributed — New Forest (Cox), Brockenhurst (James), Bing- 

 wood (Corbin), Stubby Copse (Lockyer), Lyndhurst (Alderson), Fleet (Bussell), 

 Bournemouth — Alu m Chine (Bromilow), Portsmouth district; — Grange Wild 

 Grounds, Browndown, Gosport, Stakes Wood, Eastney (Pearce), Andover 

 (Stephens), Ashford, near Petersfield, Forest of Bere (Hawker), Basing- 

 stoke (Hamm), Lockerley (Burrows), Milford-on-Sea (Barraud), Winchester 

 district, not common — Crabbe Wood, etc. (Hewett), Frensham district 



