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were taken (Wingate). The dates we have collected are — ContinexNtal 

 records : July 8th, 1872, in the Valley des Vaux, in Jersey (Piquet); 

 July 24th-31st, 1875, at Argeles, in the Hautes-Pyrenees (Distant) ; 

 first seen July 7th, 1887, in the Gibraltar district (Walker) ; July, 

 1888, at Wiesbaden (Prideaux) ; July 2nd-3rd, 1890, at Digue 

 (Lemann) ; July 30th, 1891, at St. Martin Vesubie (Bromilow) ; 

 July 25th, 1892, and onwards, in the neighbourhood of the Certosa 

 di Pesio (Norris) ; June 16th, 1893, at Pont du Gard ; July 7th-17th, 

 1894, at Vernet-les-Bains (Nicholson) ; July 10th to August 1st, 1895, 

 at Divonne (Reverdin) ; July 1896, in the Jungfernheide (Schultz) ; 

 July 15th, 1897, near Aigle (Wheeler) ; July 19th, 1897, at Wolfsberg 

 (Lemann) ; August llth-18th, 1897, at Susa ; July 26th-28th, 1898, 

 at Gresy-sur-Aix (Tutt) ; August 3rd, 1898, in the Sepey Road (A. H. 

 Jones) ; July 20th, 1899, in the Val Flora, between Val Andre and 

 Dahouet (Turner) ; July 20th-21st, 1899, in the Balkans, on the pass 

 of Ginec (Nicholl) ; at end of July, 1899, in the Balkans (Elwes) ; 

 August 16th, 1900, at Charpigny (Wheeler); July 18th-26th, 1901, at 

 Tragacete (Chapman) ; August 5th, 1901, at Cnssolo (Tutt) ; July 28th- 

 31st, 1902, at Chavoire (Tutt); July, 22nd, 1903, at Sierre (Lemann) ; 

 July 12th, 1903, at Aigle (Sheldon) ; July 23rd, 1903, at Chippis, in the 

 Val d'Anniviers (A. H. Jones) ; July 27th, 1903, between Roche and 

 Yvonne (A. M. Cochrane); August 4th, 1903, at Digne (Rowland-Brown) ; 

 June 20th to August 29th, 1904, in the Schwerin district (Gillmer); July, 

 1904, at Neuhausen (Lemann) ; July 1st, 1904, at Gryon (WheeJer) ; 

 July 9th, 1904, near Geneva, the earliest date observed in the district; 

 July 29th to August 1st, 1904, on the Saleve (Muschamp); July 14th- 

 19th, 1904, at Mendel (Rowland-Brown) ; July 31st, 1904, at La 

 Granja (Chapman) ; early in August, 1904, west of Sebdou (Fountaine) ; 

 July 14th to August 2nd, 1905, between Aigle and Sepey (Moss) ; 

 July 28th, 1905, at Gresy-sur-Aix (Tutt); August 23rd, 1905, near 

 Geneva, the latest date recorded for the district (Muschamp) ; August 

 2nd, 1906, at the foot of Mont Aiguille, near Clelles ; August 6th, 

 1906, at Digne (Tutt). British records: July 8th, 1692, a pair, 

 sitting on nettles, at Croydon (Ray) ; August lst-8th, 1856, at 

 Shanklin (Trimen) ; July, 1857, at Balcombe (Tugwell) ; July 16th to 

 August 1st, 1857, in the Forest of Dean (Langley) ; July 16th, 1857, 

 at Box Hill ; July 18th, 1857, on Ranmore Common (Trimen) ; July 

 17th-21st, 1857, in Poynings Wood (Andrews) ; July 17th-21st, 1857, 

 near Ramsbury, Wiltshire (Rye) ; August lst-8th, 1857, at Ilfracombe 

 (Mathew) ; August 2nd, 1857, in Sherwood Forest (Rodgers) ; July 

 5th-llth, 1858, at Heme Bay (McLachlan) ; July 11th, 1858, abun- 

 dant, in Darenth Wood (Fisher) ; July 19fch, 1858, near Worcester 

 (Edmunds); July 21st, 1858, at West Wickham (Perkins); July 24th, 

 1858, first one of the year seen at Barnstaple (Mathew) ; July 24th, 



1858, at Ashforcl (Russell) ; abundant, at the Bridge of Allan, June 

 22nd, 1859 (Wingate) ; July 18th, 1859, near Abbey Wood (Cox) ; 

 July 18th, 1859, common, near Worcester (Edmunds) ; August 9th, 



1859, at Perth (White) ; August 13th-16th, 1859, at Lulworth 

 (Morison) ; scarce, in August, 1860, at Stoke (Harvie) ; August 6th, 



1860, at Doune ; August 21st, 1860, near Loch Earn (Lovell-Keays) ; 

 August 28th, 1860, in Perthshire (White) ; July 23rd, 1870, at Oxton 

 (Studd); one emerged July 9th, 1871, at Croxton (Cole); August 13th, 

 1871, at Walton-on-the-Naze ; August 28th, 1871, at Loughton 



