1 82 The hish Naturalist. July, 



The general woodland had been for many years neglected, 

 and the impenetrable tangle was only nov; being gradually 

 cleared. One of the boasted peculiarities of the estate was the 

 absence of Rabbits and Pheasants. 



The capture of such as these were, we were told, considered 

 no crime. Surely there are other places where such a view 

 might be advantageous, if only from the standpoint of the 

 entomologist. Even the deer were few in numbers, and 

 restricted to a small part of the park. 



Our collecting and observations were confined to the part I 

 have described above and the nearer fields and lanes, except 

 on one daj^ when we took an extended trip to climb Mount 

 Brandon, about five miles distant and nearly 1,700 feet above 

 the sea level. 



For Rhopalocera sunlight is imperative, so it was only by 

 dint of close application that we could stir out the meagre 

 few mentioned below. The Satyridae were represented by 

 three species : — Enodia hyperaiithus, which was common on 

 the pine-clad northern slope of Mount Brandon, Epinephele 

 jurtma (janthijia) common in the water-meadow between 

 Inistioge and I^aurel Hill, and seemingly very bright on the 

 underside, and a solitary specimen of Pararge egeria. The 

 Nymphalidae were represented by four species : — Pyrameis 

 atala7ita, Aglais urticcs^ Vanessa io, and Dryas paphia. The 

 three first-named were in the larval stage, and occurred 

 together in one bed of nettles. I fancy this is rather unusual. 

 The larvae oi Aglais urtic^s -^o.s exceptionally common, and 

 thousands could have been taken. In fact, they must have 

 become mutually destructive from lack of food later on. 

 Dryas paphia was common on the one sunny day we had, 

 flying to flowers of cSpur- Valerian in the Park. The Pieridae 

 noted consisted of one female specimen of Pieris rapes and 

 plenty of P. napi, which was disturbed readily in the water 

 meadow. The females of the latter are dark and the under- 

 sides are rich yellow, but neither feature seems so pronounced 

 as in examples I have seen from northern Ireland. 



Passing now to that division of the Heterocera, which are 

 termed Obtectae, it will be seen that my list is meagre indeed. 

 Ragwort was excessively abundant everywhere, not a field 

 was without a " forest " of it, but I do not remember having 



