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THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
skippers, Linea and Sylvanm, in 
numbers — one cannot count them. 
Now to tbe station, which a plough- 
boy, whom we question, tells us is 
“nigh on a mile.” “Nigh on a 
mile ” ! Nigher on two. However, 
we pause to have an interview with 
Ghcerophyllata, who is showing his 
dusky wings among the hay. 
As we go, the country — a rich, 
fair land, a fertile plain of Sussex — 
is all glowing under a burning sum- 
mer’s sun. The trees stand motion- 
less ; for there is not a breath of air 
stirring. As we look on the rich 
orchards and quiet old farmsteads, 
on the still, dark woods, hung with 
heavy foliage, and stretching to 
where the sloping hills are crowned 
by the blue sky, we could tell it for 
an English scene. 
Then the rushing train, whirling 
past platforms where a few curious 
passengers stand to gaze at the noisy 
apparition ; and a pleasant day is 
gone. 
J. B. Blackburn. 
EXCHANGE. 
Clostera Anachoreta. — Having’ a 
quantity of eggs of C. A nachoreta to 
spare, I shall be glad to give a sup- 
ply to any gentleman in want of 
them, who will send six postage 
stamps for small postage- box and 
return postage. — W. Porteous, Silver 
Street , Groves' York. 
KORiE HAWORTHIANJE- 
Part IX. 
Papilio (Vanessa) Polychloros. 
Habitat Larva in Ulmo Cam- 
pestri. Pupa in rimo corticis. 
Imago M. Jul. “ Ulmosis rarius.’’ 
As Haworth calls Polychloros “ ra- 
rius,” while Galathea and C. album 
are only satis infrequens, it appears 
that Qolychloris was in his time a 
much scarcer insect than it is con- 
sidered at present. 
Papilio (Vanessa) Antiopa. 
Habitat Larva in Salice, Betulo i 
Jul. Imago i Aug. et per hyemem 
Femina ova ponit verno tempoi'e. 
Certis sed indeterm inatis annis non 
infrequens in Loci Sylvatieis. 
Obs. There is something very ex- 
traordinary about the periodical, but 
irregular, appearances of this spe- 
cies, and Mdusa and Gardui. They 
are plentiful all over the kingdom ; 
after which Antiopa especially will 
not be seen by any one for eight or 
ten or more years, and then appear 
again as plentiful as before. 
(To be continued ). 
Printed by R and A. WOOD, Printers, Engravers, and Lithographers, at tbeir Offices, Liverpool 
Road, near the Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, N,— Saturday, August 1 , 1863. 
