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adjacent meadow were swishing their tails and 

 stamping their feet to release themselves from their 

 summer pests, the flies, and we, too, found them by 

 no means pleasing companions. 



Common, and accordingly made arrangements to 

 have a late dinner. This time we took the road, on 

 the right hand side of which was a stone wall, with 

 a plantation above. Flying up and down this was 



Fig. 141. Bordered White, male {Fidonia 

 fihiiaria). 



Fig. 142. Clay Triple-lines [sEphyra 

 trilinearid). 





Fig. 143. Small Emerald 

 {loin's vernarza). 



Fig. 145. Lace Border 

 {Acidalia ornata). 



Fig. 144. Humming-Bird Hawk Moth 

 {Macroglossa stcllataruiii). 



Fig. 146. Buff Arches {Gonophora derasd) 



Fig. 147. Fox-Moth {Bombyx Rubi). 



Fig. 148. Gold Swift [Hepialits 

 fwctus). 



149. Chalk Carpet {Eubolia 

 bipunctatd). 



Fig. 150. Chalk Carpet {Melanippe 

 procellatd). 



Fig. 151. B\ood-Ve'in{T/i/ia;idrai7mahzriii). 



Fig. 152. Bird's Wing {Dipterygia 

 pinastri). 



*"~?^/.firi ft 



Fig. 153. The Gold Spot {Plusia 

 fiducte). 



In the afternoon we went for a drive to Shiere, a 

 village about half-way between Dorking and Guild- 

 ford, which we enjoyed very much, after having had 

 a good tea, and partaken very freely of strawberries, 

 which the landlord had just gathered from his garden. 



The next day we determined to reach Ranmer 



Stellatarum, the Humming-bird Hawk-moth. It 

 j gave us a rare chase, with no success, so we made up 



our minds we would hurry on towards the Common. 



On arriving at the end of the road, and unfastening 

 1 the gate, we found ourselves on a large tract of wood- 

 ' land and common, which seemed to invite us to more 



