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places, from Juno to October. I^hujonia jKili/cJiloros. — Widely distributed 

 in the district, but is scarcely coinuion, except in some years at Chat- 

 tenden. roh/ifojiia c-album. — Represented only by a solitary straggler, 

 taken at Chattenden in July, 18H7, by a friend of mine, now deceased. 

 I'l/nniicis carduL— In suitable years, the last of which was 1891, it is 

 found all over the district. /'. atalantn. — Is one of our common but- 

 terflies. Limenitis nibi/lla. — Until 1859 was fairly common in Chat- 

 tenden Roughs. The terribly cold and damp suunner of 18G0 was 

 fatal to the species in this district, it vanished suddenly, and has 

 never been seen at Chattenden since. Danaid/E: — Anoaia aichipinoi. — 

 The third specimen recorded in England (by the late J. Jenner Weir, 

 F.L.S., in the Kntom., vol. xix., p. 12), was caught by a schoolboy at 

 Hnodland, on Sept. 21st., 1881. Apatukid/E : — Apatura iris. — This 

 is, or rather " was," the pride of the local list. Chattenden Roughs 

 was its headquarters, where it could be seen soaring round the tops of 

 the oaks on sunny days in July and August. In 1881, more than 200 

 were taken — a persecution which no species could possibly endure. 

 Chattenden is now closed to collectors, and as A. iris has been seen at 

 intervals in the Cobham district, it is just possible that it may find its 

 way back again, and re-establish itself in its old haunts. Satykid/E : — • 

 I'aian/e cijeria and P. rnvgacra. — Both common throughout the district 

 and are double-brooded, appearing in May and June, and again in 

 August and September. Hippaichia semcle. — One of our more common 

 butterflies, although it is very local, and found only on the chalk at 

 Cuxton, Holly Hill, Blue Bell Hill, etc., where it can be taken at end 

 of July and in August. Epincjihde ianira. — Seen in every grassy spot. 

 hi. tithonns. — More restricted to hedgerows and bushy places. I have 

 seen it in July, on rough ground at Tower Hill, on the west side of the 

 Medway, flying in absolute clouds over the blossoming bramble bushes. 

 Enodia hupcrantlius. — More of a woodland butterfly, and is found 

 flitting quietly about in grassy openings at Cobham Park, Chattenden 

 and elsewhere in the district, in July, but it very soon becomes worn. 

 L'oenonympha pampliilm. — Seen in every grassy field and waste place, 

 from June to October. — Mdanari/ia (jalatea. — Appears at the end of 

 July and in August, and though always local, is found in several places 

 on the left bank of the Medway, but much less commonly than was 

 the case in years gone by. It has certainly been over-collected at 

 Chattenden, where it was formerly abundant. It still occurs at 

 Cobham Park (where I saw it last summer), and along the Hailing and 

 Cuxton Downs, as well as near Upnor. 



<irOLEOPTERA. 



CoLEOPTERA IN 1897. — Of the Coleoptera captured in the past year, 

 the following appear to be the most worthy of notice. 1 have arranged 

 them in the order of the catalogue, rather than giving the chief species 

 obtained in each locality separately : — Licimis dcjurssua and J^. .sil- 

 phoiili's, occurred, not uncommonly, under stones in Headley Lane ; 

 Harpalus caapim appeared at Sheerness and Box Hill, and, at the latter 

 locality, Panai/aeus tjuaihipustulatus and Lcbia chloruccphala occurred in 

 small numbers. I'oijonus luridiprunis was taken on the Berrow Sand 

 Hills (Burnham), in company with the other two species of the genus, 

 whilst one Folystickus vittatus fell to my lot under stones at Queenboro'. 



