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pallens was so numerous and conspicuous 
that it was quite bewildering, and I 
missed numbers of dark moths in conse- 
quence. P. chrysilis was the only thing 
I took. 
July 10. To Headley Lane, via Box 
Hill. Crossing the long ridge above the 
precipitous part of Box Hill, captured a 
bulky specimen of V. polych loros, who, I 
fancy, from the madness of his flight and 
the violent manner in which (like a 
second Curtius) he plunged into the 
yawning gulf of “ leno” spread for him, 
had been crossed in love, or else had 
voluntarily sacrificed himself for the 
benefit of his race. In the same place 
where, on the 27th ult., Verbasci larvae 
were so plentiful, I met with plenty of 
Aglaia, and a few JEyon. I beat and 
searched in vain for Philea irrorelta both 
this time and when 1 last visited Headley 
Lane. (I shall ever remember this day 
with pleasure, as I received, through the 
kindness of Mr. Birch all, five specimens 
of Minos by post.) Killed another viper 
in the Hilly Field, which I also fixed in 
the path for the benefit of beetle-hunters; 
indeed, if I kill many more of these 
reptiles I shall expect a solid silver adder 
to be presented to me by the united force 
of British Coleopterists, accompanied by 
a complimentary note. 
July 11. Intensely hot. To Glory 
Wood. Caught a few Geo me Ira; and 
Pyrales ; amongst the former the illus- 
trious individual with the sanguinary 
name, whose full-size portrait is in the 
last ‘ Intelligencer.’ In the evening 
“sugared” in a new avenue of the 
wood. The evening was very favourable, 
and I anticipated a glorious success, — so 
of course was disappointed. Nothing 
came but T. derasa , a few Miance, X. ii- 
thoxylea and one Noctna glareosa. I can- 
not at all account for this, except that 
the moths were so used to take their 
suppers on the trees that I formerly 
sugared, that perhaps they all went 
there in expectation of their usual 
feed. — Boland Trimen, Dorking; 
July 12. 
Papilio Machaon. — I saw to-day a 
specimen of this butterfly that was cap- 
tured on the 8th inst, near Beaulieu, 
in the New’ Forest. A person driving 
through the Forest observed it alight on 
his wife’s dress, and thinking it some- 
thing strange, carried it in his hand alive 
into Fordingbridge, where I saw it in 
good preservation. I have before seen 
another specimen, stated to have been 
taken in this neighbourhood. I should 
think therefore that the local rumours of 
Machaon being a native of the Forest 
are correct, unless indeed some of the 
visitors collecting there during the sum- 
mer are in the habit of turning them 
loose. — Rev. Walter G. Wilkinson, 
Hyde; July 13. 
Captures at Highnam, near Gloucester. 
— Arge Galathea is very abundant here, 
and 1 can supply any one with sets that 
requires them. On the evening of the 
8th inst. a number of them were “ caught 
napping.” A friend and I were about to 
begin sugaring, when I discovered some 
of them hung up asleep on various plants. 
In this way we found and boxed about 
three dozen. To-day, however, we found 
the wood almost swarming with them ; 
and, at the close of rather a hard day’s 
work, found we had together boxed no 
less than sixteen dozen. We also took 
Cynthia Cardui (1), Grupla C-album (l), 
Aryynnis paphia (1). We also saw seve- 
ral Vanessa Alalanta, Thyatira derasa (1), 
and T. Palis turned up at sugar, among 
numerous commoner sorts. — J. Herrin, 
Gloucester ; July 13. 
Latest Captures. — Apatura imhasbeeu 
taken singly in several localities; Colias 
Edusa has been taken near Colchester ; 
a new British Pombyx, in the person of 
Arctia Hebe , has been taken in Ireland, 
as far North as the county of Antrim. 
One immediate result will no doubt be a 
large importation of IJebes ! — H, T. 
Stainton ; July 14. 
