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OBSERVATIONS. 
Ecce iterum. In the same para- 
graph which contains the errata in 
my previous communication (page 69.) 
there occur “Dotteril” for “Dot- 
terel,” and “ Saw-piper ” for “ Saw- 
pipe.” Rev. F. 0. Morris, Nun- 
burnholme Rectory, Hay ton, York. 
Oct. 6 th, 1862. 
A List of Lepidoptera occurring in 
the neighbourhood of Plymouth, by 
J. S. Dell, Esq. 
In preface to furnishing you a list 
of Lepidoptera occurring in the above 
district I have to make a few remarks. 
The species that I name, are, with a 
few exceptions, my own captures. I 
have taken a circuit of from ten to 
twelve miles round Plymouth, — that 
town being the centre, — and my obser- 
vations extend over about eight or 
nine years. The summers of 1856, 
1858 andl859 were very prolific ones, 
but the last three years, — 1860 to 
1862, have been, as far as my ex- 
perience goes, very indifferent, and 
unproductive of insects in general. 
In this locality, during those years, 
some of our commonest species, that 
sometimes are in over abundance, 
appeared in small numbers, or not at 
all. 
Rhopalocera. 
G . Rhamni. — This is the first of 
our Butterflies, and is very common 
in W oodland Meadows in August and 
September, about the tall Thistle 
Blooms. I never met with a variety, 
although I must have captured hun- 
dreds. I have taken the larva on 
Buckthorn at the end of June, and 
bred the imago at the end of July. 
C. Edusa. — Very common some 
seasons. It was so last year in the 
clover and stubble fields around Devon- 
port, on the Saltash Road. I noticed 
it, as a curious fact, that all those in 
the stubble fields were males, and all 
in the clover fields females, I account 
for this by supposing that the females 
were depositing their ova on the clover. 
They occur in great plenty around 
Bovesand and Whitsand Bay. In 
1861 I found them the commonest 
Butterflies there. We have four vari- 
eties of this splendid little creature, — 
one ( Helice J of frequent occurrence ; 
the others are Immaculata, Intermedia 
and Chrysotlieme. They have not put 
in an appearance this year at all, so 
far as I can ascertain. 
C. Hyale. — Rather rare. I cap- 
tured one at Rame Head in 1859, and 
saw, and missed another. They are 
never common, and unless the sum- 
mer is hot do not appear at all. 
P. Bras&icce. — Very common. I 
have bred great numbers from the 
larva, in hope of getting the variety 
Chwriclea, but without success. 
P. Rapes. — Much more common 
than the above. Always in abundance. 
