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Jilt's, The shades of blue on the uppersides, and the variation of the 

 ground colour of the undersides, also proved most interesting. A 

 search in the late afternoon, when P. mri/dDii was at rest, rewarded 

 me with the record of six specimens of ab. ohxalcta in a few minutes, 

 including two pairs i)i ropnlK, both ^ s and $ s belonging to this 

 aberration. I have never had such luck with this aberration before, 

 nor seen the aberration paired. I tried to get ova, but could not 

 induce the 5? to lay, although it would have been wonderfully 

 interesting to have seen if the progeny would have followed the 

 ohsolcta form. A few more bleached forms of E.janira concluded the 

 day's work. The evening was perfectly calm, and folloAved a glorious 

 sunset, and I spent the time on the cliff again searching for the larv* 

 of T. pnrcelliis, but found none. This was my last attempt this year 

 to find the larva at Dover. Aiii/iist lith. — Awoke to find it pouring in 

 torrents ; spent the whole day setting the captures of the previous day. 

 Ai(;iii!<t. 15t/i. — -Terrible storm of wind; an afternoon walk on the cliffs 

 produced three aberrations of P. rorinhm, one a ? ab. nhsoleta without 

 a single spot on the underside. Aiit/ast IQth. — Wind very high and 

 heavy clouds, but intervals of hot sun. I captured a few more under- 

 side aberrations of P. cdrt/doii, mostly ? s ; a few Kji'nu'phele jaaira 

 undersides also were captured. These constituted the day's take. 

 Ani/ust nth returned to London, and on the 18th went to 

 Folkestone. Folkestone : Aiu/nst Idth. — Dull ; train to Dover, 

 overtaken by sundry thunderstorms ; captured six aberrations of 

 P. forijihtn and a few Kjiincphdc jauira undersides, but rain drove me 

 home. AiiijKst 20th. — Poured from morn to night. Under cover of 

 umbrella, I walked along sea-front, found a single Uri/ophila innralis, 

 several empty cocoons thereof, and two />'. peiia on an old wall. 

 Ai(i/iist 21.s^ — Windy and wet; only one />. peiia off" the same old 

 wall. Aii;ii(st 22nd. — Dull, with slight rain in morning. Went to 

 Dover, where the afternoon was very fine. J\ cori/dim was now 

 nearly over, and few aberrations were taken; a few K.janiia also 

 captured, one only bleached, but one S was taken with V coloration, 

 the brown patches on the forewings being very large. Pliisia (lannna 

 put in an appearance. AKi/uxt 2Srd. — Brilliant day, very hot and 

 oppressive ; a walk to the Pohionimatna bdlariins ground showed that 

 they were not yet out. /'. Icarus and P. astrarchc were still very fresh, 

 and a few AcidaUa oiiiata were taken, also a few larvte of Sjdihi.v 

 fiiiHstri, but a close search, both at Dover and Folkestone for larv^e of 

 M and lira atropos, in places where I had previously taken them, was without 

 result. Auf/iist 2ith. — ^Returned to London, going back to Folkestone 

 on September 4th. Scjiteudicr 6th. — Dull; turned out with Mr. W. .J. 

 Kaye for P. heUaniiis, found them fully out (Mr. Garland says they 

 appeared on August 27th), although not abundant, as was expected 

 from the rarity of the species here in June (when I only took eighteen 

 specimens in four visits) and the bad weather from June onwards. It 

 was noticeable that the 5 s were more tinted with blue than usual, an 

 unusual feature in the second brood; two ^ s taken were of a greenish 

 hue, another ^ with two small black dots on forewings, and two 

 slightly aberrant undersides ; P. irarns and P. astrarrhr were mostly 

 worn, but I captured a 5 /'. Icarus with the spots on the underside 

 elongated, and also a pretty /'. astrarchc with the spots on the underside 

 almost obsolete ; an afternoon walk through the Warren produced 



