COLLECTING LEPIDOPTERA IN ENGLAND. 191 



on the two miles' walk to the collecting ground. The day was perfect 

 and the country beautiful with the freshness of its spring verdure. 

 The first brood of L. siiui/u's was well out but only a few were taken as 

 English representatives of a species which is so common abroad. 

 EnchltH' rardaiiiiiii's, both males and females, were fresh and abundant. 

 The spring brood of I'icrh brassicae was quite fresh as was that of 

 P. naiii. The males of ihoithis eii/i/inis)/ne were decidedly going over 

 while the females were generally speaking in good condition. C. 

 anjiohts, both males and females, were well out, and Callo])linjx rtthi 

 was in very fresh condition and fairly abundant. The pretty diurnal 

 geometer moth, I'Utli/pe {Mclauijijir) ho.''tata, was flying singly in the 

 sunshine and recjuired more catching than one would imagine at first 

 sight. //. iiialntf and Xisaniadcs tai/es were both fresh and abundant. 

 Htonicia pldaeas was noticed singly and quite freshly emerged as also 

 was <\jctio)v/iiipha jiaiiijiliiliis. It was too early apparently for Haiiwaris 

 liicina, but I saw one or two hybernated laiu'ssa io. Amongst the 

 bracken and bluebells of the woods Giniepteni.r r/uuinti was flying 

 freely, and occasionally singularly well preserved specimens could be 

 selected from these hybernated butterflies. 



The following day more females of Jiri'uthis eiijilinistpu^ were 

 obtained and the first "cinnabar" moth, I li/iua-ita jarobaeae was met 

 with. /•,'. hastata was again met with and also a few />. xiuopis were 

 seen. 



May 25th was a delightfully fine day throughout. Both Brenthis 

 selene and H. lacina turned up for the first time this year quite fresh 

 and in excellent condition ; apparently these species were now only 

 just commencing to emerge. 



The tollowing day I entrained for the North Downs area near 

 Gomshall station. On the way up from Abinger Hammer ( '. nibi and C. 

 anjidlns were noticed both to be in poor condition, while on the grassy 

 slopes of the Downs Piib/ouniiattis icanta was quite fully out in multi- 

 tudes and in splendid condition. The object of my visit was to get 

 the spring brood of A(iriade>^ tlnti^ (bdlanins), but unfortunately it was 

 apparently too early, for I only succeeded in getting one quite freshly 

 emerged male out of the two seen in a tramp of some miles along the 

 face of the Downs towards the Ranmore Common ground. 



On returning to my former haunts on May 27th the weather was 

 again perfect, and I'aranje iiie(/aeia first put in an appearance. The 

 males of B. eupliroaiine were now well over, while both sexes of /*-'. 

 cardaminea were common and in good condition. 



The morning of May 28th broke very cold and it was quite im- 

 possible to do any collecting until after the sun came out, about 

 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Avhen more ll. fiiji/irdsi/nc and B. sdoie were 

 selected. 



On May 29th I found that JI. lia-nui was becoming much more 

 into evidence, although rather local in its habitats, as is its character- 

 istic in this country. Rain came on and I spent much time in 

 sheltering and in searching for larvre. 



The sun, on May 30th, was unfortunately frequently overcast and 

 spoilt what should have been a successful day, from what I saw of the 

 ground I was working. H. liicina was now c^uite abundant, and I 

 took some fine larvio of (.'(isnintriche jiotatoria which have all since 



