270 THE ENTOMOLOOTSt's RECORn. 



9.30 a.m., suddenly cleared about 10 a.m., and there was a hot sun, 

 hastened to the collecting-grounds, and found An/t/nnis arjlaia abundant 

 and active, the 3 s worn, the ? s just emerged ; Anthmcpra jUi]ten<} nJai> 

 just emerging, and consequently not in the amazing abundance of last 

 year here ; PohjnmniatKs coniiJon common, but not yet fully out, the 

 $ s only just showing, and many of these with a ground colour of a 

 dirty blackish -brown, and different from those with a deep black ground 

 coloration often taken ; spotted $ s were infrequent, although in some 

 years they are very common, but the ab, inacijiialis, Tutt, was more 

 abundant than I have seen it before ; two dwarf ^ s were captured, 

 also two underside aberrations, with most of the spots absent. 

 Besides a few good undersides of Fpinrphelc jonini, nothing else v^a^ 

 seen worth capturing. AiKfust ith-7t/i. — In London; returned to 

 Dover on the evening of the 7th. Ahi/ksI 8t/i.—The first good day of 

 the month ; brilliant cloudless sky, no Avind, and very hot. Pohj- 

 ommatiis conjdni was now fully out, and I selected four dwarf ^ s and 

 three underside aberrations ; a single Cupido minima of the 2nd brood 

 was the only one seen during the month ; Chri/aojihanns phlacm and 

 Pamphila comma just coming out ; two half-grown and other smaller 

 larvfe of Pyrameis cardui seen'', but not taken till later in the month, 

 I searched again in the evening for larvre of Thcretra pm-cellns, but did 

 not find a single example. Auf/iiHt dth. — Very windy, with only 

 occasional gleams of sunshine ; nothing would fly. A single under- 

 side S aberration of P. cori/don was taken, and a $ with very dark 

 underside, the spotting normal blackish-grey. A few undersides of 

 Fjpinephde janira completed the captures of the day. Autiust 10th- 

 11th in London, returnmg during the afternoon of the 11th to Dover 

 in pouring rain. Aiii/Kst 12tli. — A dull day, with occasional peeps of 

 sunshine and slight wind. The <? s of 1'. corijdon were now getting 

 ■ worn, the $s fully out; 7'. icanis, ]'. astrayehc, and ('hnj-tophaniix 

 jihlaeas just emerging ; a single $ Anjiinnis atjlaia captured whilst 

 drying its wings, but a long search for the empty pupa-case proved 

 fruitless; fourteen aberrations of P. corijdon were taken, including 

 several spotless undersides (mostly <? s). The evening cleared and 

 proved beautiful and calm, so another journey was made to the cliffs 

 for larva? of T. potrdlits, but the search again proved fruitless. 

 Atijiust 13th. — Another good day, brilliant blue sky, and no wind. 

 Butterflies flew freely, but Anij/nnis aijlaia was wild and difficult to 

 catch ; Pamphila ctmrma, with its rapid and artful flight, was darting 

 about on the dwarf thistle-heads ; Poh/(mtmatiis corijdon ? s were now 

 abundant, and some very interesting aberrations were taken, one with 

 the upperside of a rich black, without markings, the orange spots being 

 entirely absent, two brownish examples, several ab. inaci/nalifi, Tutt, 

 many ab. ob.^oleta, Tutt, also one approaching ab. striata, Tutt, one 

 dwarf of exceedingly small size (not larger than Cupido minima); a 

 few dwarf 3" s were also taken, and deep-banded ab. maitiitiata, Tutt, 

 one with the black band sutt'used halfway across the wings, and, I believe, 

 ab, fiuff'ma. These forms are wonderfully interesting, and work out 

 exceedingly well according to the tabulation in Tutt's P>ritish lUitti'i- 



* This appears to be impoitant in view of the sudden appearance ol the 

 imagines of this species on the east coast in large numbers about September 20th. 

 Can Mr. Pickett give particulars as to the abundance or otherwise of larvse towards 

 the end of August or in early September ? Any details relating to the appearance 

 of this species during the autumn would be most acceptable. — En. 



