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THE NATURALISTS’ JOURNAL. 
generally met with, that I think the following short notes of those 
species which have been mostly affected in this district may be 
of interest. 
The whole of the species mentioned below have been nearly a 
month earlier than former years :— 
Rapcz, Napi and BrassiccE : very common ; the larvae of the first 
broods doing great damage. 
Cardamines : not so plentiful, but common. 
Rhamni : very scarce ; only a few single specimens being met 
with. 
Edusa : I have not heard of a single specimen being taken this 
season in the county ; although when in Devonshire, between 
Dawlish and Teignmouth, during the earlier part of August I saw 
some seven or eight specimens on the railway bank there. 
Paphia : very common at Dursley, but very local. 
Aglaia : very scarce ; I have in previous years been able to take 
many of these in the trenches on the hills. 
Artemis : This pretty little frittillary is very local, occurring 
only in one field in any quantity, for some few years they have 
been gradually diminishing (which was put down to the field 
having been partly drained) however, with this warm dry season, 
they reappeared in greater numbers than formerly. 
Atalanta : very abundant; especially in orchards. 
Io : rather scarce. 
Cardui : This has been very rare (in fact I have not seen one 
specimen on the wing). 
Phlceas : I think the Small copper, as it is more familiarly called, 
has taken full advantage of this season, for beginning early they 
continued right up to the end of September ; during about the 
middle of this time, it was by far the commonest species to be 
met with upon the slopes of the hills, particularly along the roads. 
Adonis and Alsus : very plentiful in a few localities. 
Arion : This beautiful butterfly, the largest species of our 
Lycanida, I am sorry to have to record as blank once more. It 
is now six years ago since the last season passed without its 
appearance being noted, and for three or four years previous to 
that it escaped all observation ; lately however it has been grad¬ 
ually re-establishing itself and we were looking forward to the 
time when they would once again have held the sway of the hills 
—but alas ! Those that speculate are often-times disappointed, 
and thus it has proved with Arion. Last year, instead of contin¬ 
uing the steady increase, it nearly failed altogether; while this 
year, although the whole range of its haunts was worked with 
greater energy and higher hopes than on any former occasion, 
not only by all the local enthusiasts but by collectors from 
considerable distances, I believe not one specimen or any signs 
of the larvae were discovered. 
In the Ent. Mon. Mag. some seven years ago, an account of 
