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BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



August 24th to September 14th, 1906, at Mt. Saleve (Blachier). 

 British records : As the earliest and latest dates of captures 

 wild over a long series of years have been noted — July 15th, 

 1826, August 5th, 1827, September 1st and October 8th, 1809 

 (J. C. Dale). Other dates are — August 31st, 1702, at Croydon 

 (Bay) ; August, 1856, in the valley of the Dovey ; August 9th, 1857, 

 in North Wales (Crotch); August 20th to September 10th, 1856, 

 in Darenth Wood (Harding) ; September 5th, 1857, in Darenth Wood 

 (Baldwin) ; August, 1858, at Colchester (Harwood) ; August 3rd to 

 September 17th, 1858, at Ashford (Russell) ; August 20th to Septem- 

 ber 7th, 1858, in Trench Woods (Edmunds); September 15th, 1858, worn, 

 at Llwyngwern, Machynlleth (Alington) ; August 10th-25th, 1859, 

 near Worcester; August 12th, 1860, in the Trench Woods (Edmunds); 

 bred August 26th, 1860, from larvae taken in Epping Forest (Eedle) ; 

 September 1st, 1860, at Newton-in-Cartmel (Mason) ; August, 1863, 

 in great numbers, near Galway (Birchall) ; September, 1863, in 

 Westmorland (Hodgkinson) ; August, 1864, at Killarney (Birchall); 

 early August, 1864, at Wallingford (Fenn); September 5th, 1864, near 

 Cork (Mathew) ; July llth-27th, 1865, near Worcester; July 21st- 

 27th, 1866, eight males emerged, then a female, followed by two or 

 three males, from larvae taken near Worcester (Edmunds) ; October 

 2nd, 1871, one resting by night on a blackberry-bush at Cobham, 

 Surrey (Waldegrave) ; August 7th to September 19th, 1877, at 

 Petersfield (Robinson) ; July 30th, 1878, in Monk's Wood (Bower) ; 

 August 30th, 1879, in the New Forest (Norgate) ; September 23rd, 

 1882, in Chattenden Woods (Bower) ; bred August 4th-8th, 1882, 

 also bred July 25th-August 4th, 1887, from larvae found on Dart- 

 moor (Bethune-Baker) ; August 18th, 1890, in Epping Forest 

 (Bayne) ; August 7th to September 5th, 1891, at Sidmouth 

 (Wells) ; bred August 11th, 1891, from larva obtained at High Beech, 

 on July 4th (Smith) ; September 13th, 1891, a female ovipositing, at 

 Ashtead (T. B. Fletcher) ; bred June 24th-30th, 1893, from larvae 

 taken in Epping Forest (Dennis) ; July lst-8th, 1893, at Ringwood 

 (Fowler); bred July 16th to August 9th, 1893, from New Forest larvae 

 (Adkin) ; bred July 5th-llth, 1893, from larvae taken at Loughton, 

 May 30th, and that pupated from June 10th (Burrows); September 1st, 

 1894, females, at Ashtead (T. B. Fletcher); bred July 19th-28th, 1895, 

 from Loughton larvae (Burrows) ; August 15th, 1895, at Sherborne 

 (Somerset) ; August 26th, 1895, near Ashford (Wood) ; bred July 

 10th, 1896, and following days, from larvae taken at Fairmead, May 

 29th-31st, the first of which pupated June 17th (Prideaux); August 11th- 

 24th, 1898, abundant, in Monk's Wood (Peed); July 26th to September 

 10th, 1900, between Burgess Hill and Hassocks Gate(Dollman); August, 

 1900, near Newtown (Tetley); August 8th, 1900, scarce, all females, 

 at Monk's Wood (Cox) ; August 22nd, 1900, at Loughton (Carr) ; 

 September 3rd, 1900, at Llanstephan (Bingham-Newland); September 

 4th-5th, 1900, on the South Devon coast (Porritt) ; bred July 25th to 

 August 10th, 1901, from larvae taken June 19th and 20th, at Mundon 

 (Raynor) ; bred July 28th to August 19th, 1901, from larvae that 

 hatched May 9th-llth, from eggs found in Epping Forest (Mathew) ; 

 August 17th, 1901, and August 16th, 1902, at Monk's Wood ; also 

 August 19th, 1902, at Coppingford Wood (Cox) ; September 21st, 

 1902, at Marlow (A. H. Clarke) ; bred August 5th-8th, 1903, from 



