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summer's day. Does the larva ever feed on the sallow, as nearly 

 all the specimens I captured were at rest on stunted bushes of that 

 tree, and I could only find one small plant of honeysuckle in the 

 immediate neighbourhood ? 



Apatura iris. — This magnificent species occurred in large numbers on the 

 top of a hill, wooded with lofty oaks. I only succeeded in captur- 

 ing three, as I did not possess an " Emperor" net, and was not aware 

 at the time of the efficacy of putrid animal remains as a bait for his 

 majesty. To obtain the specimen I did, I had to extemporize a net 

 by fastening the one I carried in my hand to the end of a long sap- 

 ling. This, however, formed a very unwieldy weapon, as the result 

 showed. 



Cynthia cardui. — Occurs generally. I did not meet with it. 



Vanessa polychloros. — Abundant ; but very hard to capture. I met with 

 hybernating specimens in the spring, much more frequently, however, 

 than the insect fresh from the pupa, in the autumn. 



Argynnis Lathonia. — On the 23rd August, 1857, as I was walking along 

 n grassy path in Chattington woods, not expecting to meet with any- 

 thing new, suddenly some thing like a ray of golden light flitted past ; 

 I made a stroke at it with my net, and succeeded in getting it within 

 its folds; and fancy my delight when, on taking it out, I found it to 

 be a specimen of this beautiful species, in the most perfect condi- 

 tion. Later in the day I took another specimen, also fresh from the 

 chrysalis. 



A. selene. — Only one specimen. 



A. Euphrosyne. — In great abundance. 



Mclitcea AthaJia. — This extremely local species occurred in one or two 

 spots. They seem to have a curious habit of changing their metropolis 

 every year, as I was 6hown a spot which swarmed with them in 1856, 

 but where only a few stragglers were to be seen when I visited it. 



Thecla W album. — This rather scarce species abounded in the same 

 clearing as L. Sibilla. I generally captured them at rest on the sallow 

 bushes, or on the blossoms of the privet. I remarked they never ap- 

 peared in any numbers until after 3 p.m. 



T. quercus. — Very abundant on the same oaks as A. iris, on which it seems 

 to attend. 



Polyommatus argiolus. — Rather rare. 



