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interneural black spots within the black border. Males also had the 

 same characteristic ; in a few instances, with very deep black borders 

 with black suffusion to disc. 



lUunicia phlaeas. — Perhaps the most noteworthy occurrence this 

 year, at least to my mind, is the utmost profusion of this species. 

 They are at the time of writing absolutely in hundreds ; in my garden, 

 where I have never seen this insect before, I can go out and take 

 between 40 and 50 in about half an hour. I have seen quantities 

 flying in Redhill town. I took in July a 3 without orange band to 

 secondaries, and a g with spots striate on upperside of primaries. 



Plebeim arr/iis {aegon). — Common, but no aberrations were noticed. 



Aricia astrac/te. — Ditto. 



Af/riades thetis. — First emergence scarce, first seen May 28th, 

 second emergence more abundant, first noted August 7th. I did not 

 find any variation, the females in both emergences being conspicuous 

 for the lack of blue, and orange marginal crescents weak. 



Aijriades coridon. — Very abundant, first appearance July 15th, 

 and at time of writing there are still plenty of both sexes on the wing, 

 but in the last stages of senile decay. I was fortunate in taking 

 several very fair aberrations of this species. 



{a) Female, with left primary cream colour, fringe quite white, 

 left secondary same colour but striped with normal colour 

 (not crippled in any way). 



(6) Male with quite large orange crescents on secondaries 



I also noticed several of the more usual named forms such as 

 (upperside), edged internally with black as in the female 

 {suavis), 

 arciiata, basijuncta, and also a g very closely approaching foidtri, 

 but each of the white spots had a small black spot in the centre. 



Pobjow mains icar us. — Very abundant but invariable, J s characterised 

 by absence of blue, all very dull brown. I took a very interesting 

 underside J , the spots are all brownish yellow including discoidals, 

 and the orange crescents are not edged internally with black, giving 

 the insect a most peculiar appearance. 



A third emergence has been observed by several entomologists, and 

 it might perhaps be of interest, if any of your readers could give 

 precise data as to records of such an occurrence in previous years. I 

 cannot find any references among my own notes on this species during 

 the past fourteen years. This however does not go back far enough, 

 as perhaps the phenomenal season of 1893 might show similar records. 

 In the present year the last example of the second emergence, was 

 noticed on September 14th, a female, in the last stages of senile decay. 

 The first example of the third emergence, a male was seen on 

 September 21st, and two days later both sexes were noticed. A feAV 

 examples were noticed in various localities on the North Downs, 

 between Caterham and Guildford, but in a small lucerne field at the 

 foot of Colley Hill, Reigate, they were in hundreds. Whether it bred 

 here or was attracted by the lucerne, one cannot say, but one is 

 inclined to think this a favoured spot for breeding. In this small area 

 of perhaps two acres thisthirdemergence wascertainly far more abundant 

 than either the first or second, and perhaps showed more variation 

 than any given emergence, during my experience. The males on the 

 upperside did not show any great deviation from the type, the majority 

 being of a deep lilac-blue, some specimens being perhaps a little deeper 



