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after a bright hot day." He then goes onto say: — "In England it 

 was first discovered, but not abundantly, in the year 1850, by a 

 professional collector named Stretten, in Holme Fen, Huntingdonshire, 

 and was also found at Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire. In 1869 ("Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine," Vol. V.) it was taken sparingly at 

 Haslemere, by Mr. C. G. Barrett. Mr. Bond thinks it was also found 

 in Norfolk some years ago by a professional collector named Winter, 

 I understand that it was found some years ago near Crewe, by a 

 Mr. W. Thompson, from 1850 to i860, and about 30 years ago in the 

 Fens by Peter Bouchard. These are the only occurrences I can 

 ascertain anytning about until our next meeting with it in this county 

 last year. I should mention, however, that in the same month 

 (August) last year, Mr. Digby also met with several examples in a 

 swamp near Studland. Mr. Eustace Bankes also tells me of a single 

 specimen of this insect having been taken by Mr. C. G. Barrett in the 

 month of June, 1865, Woolmer Forest (" Entomologist's Monthly 

 Magazine," Vol. II., p. 263)" ("Proceedings Dorset Natural History 

 Society &c.," Vol. VIII., p. 55). The above was written in 1886. 

 In 1887, Mr. Cambridge further writes: — "I understand that the Rev. 

 Charles Digby has also again met with it near Studland and Mr. 

 Eustace Bankes has found it near Corfe Castle ; so that it is probable 

 that it will in future be found, if worked for, on most of our heathy 

 bogs" ("Entomologist," Vol. XX., p. 326). Staudinge and Wocke 

 give as its range — "Finland, Germany, England and Catalonia" 

 ("Catalog," p. 345). The reference referring to Mr. C. G. Barrett's 

 capture in Woolmer Forest is as follows: — "On June loth I had the 

 satisfaction of taking a specimen of Ptevophonis pakidmn, flying among 

 the long grass, asphodel, &c., in a marsh in Woolmer Forest. It is 

 difficult to see on the wing and I failed to find any more." Mr. 

 Holland also writes: — "In a boggy hollow near Lyndhurst, I netted 

 two specimens of this little plume at dusk on the 13th of August, 1889. 

 It was a very windy evening and this was the only moth I could find 

 moving" ("Entomologist's Monthly Magazine," Vol. XXVI., p. 87"). 

 In the "Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variatim," Vol. II., 

 p. 210, Mr. G. J. Parritt writes: — "On July i8th, 1 took a specimen 

 of this species on Thorne Moor. I believe this is the most northerly 

 locality yet recorded for Britain." 



