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E. MAWLEV-PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. 
INSECTS. 
1. Honey Bee (Apis mellifica ), first seen. 
2. Wasp ( Vespa vulgaris ), first seen. 
3. Small White Butterfly ( Pieris rapes), first seen. 
4. Orange-tip Butterfly (. Anthocharis cardamines ), first seen. 
5. Meadow-brown Butterfly (. Epinephile Janira), first seen. 
Instructions to Observers. 
1. The date when the hive-bee first visits flowers. 
3. This must not he mistaken for the large white butterfly, 
which generally makes its appearance a little later than the small 
white one. 
General Instructions. 
1. Place the dates against the names of the plants, birds, and 
insects in the lists, and send the forms to Mr. E. Mawley, Berk- 
hamsted, Herts, quarterly, viz. on March 1st, June 1st, September 
1st, and December 1st. 
2. Notes made at the time on any exceptional weather, and its 
influence on farm and garden crops, trees, birds, insects, etc., will 
add greatly to the value of the returns. For example, the effect 
on vegetation of a severe frost, of heavy rain, snow, or hail, of a 
prolonged drought, etc. 
3. Some one should be instructed to make the observations 
during the absence of the observer. 
