THE ENTOLOMOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
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the finger-post where the lane forks, at 
6.30 p.m. 
Entomologists from London wishing to 
join this ramble should leave by the 
North-Kent train at 5.30 p.m. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
L. B. B. — We fear few of our readers 
would be interested in the Lepidoptera 
of Dinan. 
A. W. C. — Early but not miraculous ; 
a few years ago several Pygcera bucephala 
appeared out of doors in February. 
E. M. — 1. We fancy your beetle is 
common ; we will show it to a Cole- 
opterist. — 2. A Member of the Ento- 
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3. No examinations in Entomology have 
yet been instituted. 
CAPTURES. 
Lepidopteba. 
Early Capture of Polyommatus Argi- 
olus at Christchurch, Hants . — On Satur- 
day last, the 19th inst., I took a fine 
fresh specimen of P. Argiolus, apparently 
j ust out, in the meadow by the ruins of 
the old Castle. One of my boys brought 
it to me alive, having taken it at rest on 
an ivy-leaf. It was a bright day, very 
warm in the sun ; and during a drive on 
the same day I observed numbers of 
Vanessa Polychloros (hybernated speci- 
mens, I conclude), and one Gonepteryx 
Rhamni. Lepidoptera have been not in- 
frequent here since the 20th of February. 
— Rev. G. C. Green, Parsonage , Ham- 
worthy, Poole, Dorset ; March 22. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
Forwardness of the Season . — This year 
promises to be an extraordinary one : the 
whitethorn hedges about here are all 
coming into leaf, and look quite gay: 
everything looks like spring, in a month 
generally the most unpropilious for vege- 
tation. The insect tribe are also all 
about; to-day I observed a specimen of 
Pieris Napi flying under a hedge. The 
air was swarming with Brachelytra , as 
Philonthi, Xantholini, Oxyteli, <Scc* 
Aphodii, and occasionally a stray Bem- 
bidium would pass over. — R. Tyree, 
Clewer House, Windsor ; March 19. 
Early Season. — As a proof of the 
mildness of the season, I may mention 
that some eggs I have of Pcecilocampa 
Populi hatched last Saturday, the 19th 
inst., whereas last year they did not ap- 
pear until the 20th of April. I saw 
Cicindela campestris the middle of last 
month, and Biston hirtaria I bred some 
days ago. — Gervase F. Mathews, Ra- 
leigh House, near Barnstaple ; March 2 1 . 
Pupa of Clicerocampa Elpenor . — While 
gardening to-day I found the pupa of 
C. Elpenor beneath some pinks, on the 
surface of the ground. I took some larvae 
of this moth from a fuchsia in the same 
border in the summer. This hint may 
probably lead some of your readers who 
are in want of this moth to a successful 
search. — C. M. Perkins, Wotlon-undcr- 
Edge ; March 19. 
