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taken, many were worn. Thiswas the best place formanyof the more in- 

 teresting species — Coenonympha dorus, Brenthis deione, and, particularly, 

 Satyrus actaea. The black, velvety males of this lovely species are very 

 fine. They have a marvellous love for a light grey coat, and preferably 

 choose the small of one's back for a resting-place, an awkward position 

 from which to net them. By hanging up the coat, they divided 

 their attention between one's coat and flannels, and, by this means, I 

 captured a fine series without going over the rough stony slope, down 

 which most of the specimens seemed to come. The females were on 

 the flowers in fair numbers, strangely, not in such fine condition as 

 the males, although even then tbey were as yet rare, compared wdth the 

 w r orn S. cordula. Among the taller willows and poplars near the source of 

 the spring, Limenitis Camilla were in good condition and busy pairing, of 

 the males, in some instances especially small. The small males appear 

 to carry the much larger females when disturbed. One would like 

 observations in this direction on L. sibylla. The males of the second- 

 brood of Celastrina argiolus, too, were frequent enough, circling round 

 and round the summits of the willows, sometimes two or three together, 

 but not often coming within reach. Only one female was taken, and 

 this at rest on a head of Eupatorium. One suspects this to be a 

 splendid. " fritillary" corner. There were dozens of Dryas paphia 

 and Argynnis adippe, but all much worn, even the cleodoxa not 

 being worth keeping. It was interesting to watch the male liuralis 

 betulae sunning on the willow-leaves, and a single Bithys quercus male 

 was rather in the nature of a surprise on the Eupatorium 

 flowers, where also R. betulae sometimes came. Eugonia polychloros 

 was seen but not netted, but several Polygonia c-album were taken in 

 not too fine condition on Eupatorium blossoms. Agriades corydon, 

 Plebeius argus, Polyommatus icarus, and P. hylas appeared to be the 

 commonest blues, the argus females mostly shot with blue, and a single 

 male Nomiades semiargus now and again was all that one saw of this 

 species. Erynnis lavaterae was evidently over, as also was Thymelicus 

 acteon, of which only one or two specimens worth setting were taken. 

 The second broods of Nisoniades tages, Hesperia alveus, Erynnis alceae, 

 were well out. Bang over the stones a swallow-tail comes straight at 

 you, and a rapid turn of the wrist has ended tbe career of a Papilio 

 alexanor, unfortunately rather worn, though not broken. Late for the 

 species, one thinks, as larvas already in the third instar were seen, on the 

 slender Umbellifer so abundanthere, not twenty minutes before ; only one 

 or two other examples were noted. One is surprised to find Satyrus her- 

 mione quite worn up here on the slopes, whilst so fine in the valley below, 

 and one wonders, at this distance of time, whether, if one had been a 

 bit more thoughtful and collared at least one or two of the best of 

 these worn examples, they might not have proved to be 5. alcyone. 

 Pararge megaera and P. maera live together in friendship, the males of 

 the latter rather dark, the females, how r ever, bright. Here and there a 

 worn Loweia gordius shows that this brilliant species had possibly 

 abounded two or three weeks before, and another worn Heodes riryaureae, 

 male, was also taken. Melitaca cinxia, M. phoebe, M. didyma, M. par- 

 thenie worn, Brenthis dia, several Issoria lathonia, a single worn 

 Coenonympha arcania, and many other interesting species occurred. 

 One must not forget Dr. Chapman's new Marasmqrcha, M. tuttodactyla. 

 I had been specially commissioned to get eggs of this, and so one had 



