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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. 



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Anthocaris Cardamikes. — I saw this insect on the wing on March 

 31st, and two specimens the following day. My earliest record 

 previously is April 19th, 1892. — W. Macmillan, Castle Cary, Somerset. 



Lycena argiolus. — I encountered the Holy Blue {Lyceena avgiolus) 

 in numbers in this neighbourhood on April 16th. — W. Harcourt Bath 

 195, Lady wood Row, Birmingham. 



The Early Season. Guernsey. — On March 3rd a specimen of 

 V. uvticce was brought me which had flown into a school-room, and on 

 March 5th I noticed several examples of the same species flying on 

 the cliffs of our Southern coast. On the furze bushes, which were in 

 bloom, several of the lady birds (Coccinella 7 punctata, C. 11 punctata, 

 and Chilochoms bipustulatus) were abundant, and amongst the Hemiptera 

 were Pitzodonis lituvatus, and Stenocephalus agilis, two or the last named 

 being in cop. Specimens of the non- British Lygteus punctate- -guttus 

 were to be found at the roots of fox-glove. — W. A. Luff, Guernsey. 



The Early Season. — I do not know whether to bless the early 

 season, or do the other thing. It entirely spoiled my visit to Bishop's 

 Wood, Selby, at the end of March. The warmth had brought the 

 sallows into bloom too early, in fact they were nearly over, and the 

 moths did not seem to be fairly out. We had shaken about half-a-dozen 

 cvuda and one populeti when the keepers got on our track. They would 

 not listen either to reason or to tips, so we had to turn out, which 

 under the circumstances, didn't make much matter. If you go the 

 right way about it, you can generally manage to get round a game- 

 keeper. On April 1st, we went to Horden Dene, and got caught again, 

 but after a short flare up, we got the man so interested in our sport, 

 that he took us to some sallows we did not know of. We were spend- 

 ing the week end at Dene Holme, and got the usual species, T. gothica, 

 stabilis, instabilis, mbricosa, and cruda ; also C. vaccinii and 5. satellitia, 

 and netted plenty of L. multistrigaria and A. badiata. We tried some 

 sallows along the sea banks in hopes of one or two opima, but in vain. 

 On Sunday I was pleased to get half-a-dozen beautiful specimens of 

 A. pvodvomana, and another at Ryhope on Good Friday. — L. S. Brady, 

 Sunderland, 6th April, 1893. 



Sallows in the Isle of Man. — The Sallows here are, and have 

 been for the past fortnight in splendid condition for working. I have 

 worked almost nightly in the vicinity of Sulby, and have also sugared 

 there. T. gothica has swarmed as usual at sallow bloom, whilst 

 instabalis and nibncosa have appeared but sparingly. Several of the 

 "Thorns" have also been captured whilst hovering about the blossoms. 

 The nights have been somewhat cold, and insects in this part of the 

 Island have not turned up in such numbers as last year. Sugaring 

 has yielded satellitia only. — H. Shortridge Clarke, Sulby Parsonage, 

 Lezayre, Isle of Man, April 10th, 1893. x^X^^^^ 



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