200 THE entomologist's record. 



disappointing. The early morning was fine, but on arriving on the 

 field at 10.20 a.m., the sun became obscured, and did not appear again 

 till 4.30 p.m., too late for C. edusa to fiy. I, however, had the good 

 fortune to take a freshly emerged J and $ in a warm bright interval, 

 both of which I disturbed as I chased a specimen of Aiy/i/nnis afjlaia. 

 They were, however, very lethargic and quite easily captured. I saw 

 another J flying, but lost sight of it in the sunburnt grass. There is 

 no doubt that, had the day kept fine, we should have made a good 

 bag, and to make matters worse a man started mowing the field with 

 a machine, and when we returned two days after the flowers were all 

 laid low. On the 26th I paid a visit to Beachy Head, and the sun 

 again became obscured this time only by a thin veil of mist. Two <? s 

 were seen flying out of reach, and another freshly emerged was taken 

 quite easily on a clover flower. Soon after I missed another which 

 was careering madly along, and in giving chase disturbed yet another 

 which disappeared over the clift'. At 4.30 p.m. I took two fresh $ s at 

 rest on the undersides of bramble leaves (see p. 196). On the 27th I 

 took one ^ and three 2 s freshly emerged, and Mr, Sharp netted a 

 worn c? , the sun being again behind a haze. On the 28th we cycled 

 to Abbott's wood, but the wind developed into a gale, the sun became 

 obscured and C. ednna was out of the question, although Mr. Sharp's 

 son took a <? and ? in a sheltered spot near Eastbourne in a bright 

 interval. 



On August 2nd, on the way up to Beachy Head, quite a number 

 of C. cdnsa were seen flying with the strong wind toward the town, 

 stopping on the way to visit the red valerian on the slopes. Arrived at 

 Beachy Head I took six specimens and met three other collectors who 

 had taken eleven between them. On August 5th, Mr. Sharp and I 

 cycled to the Powns, the day being fine, but a very heavy wind blowing. 

 We missed two $ C. ednsa, and in chasing one I had the misfortune 

 to fall and badly injure a finger which put an end to cycling. I 

 however visited Beachy Head on the 11th, when the sun was 

 again obscured by mist and a heavy gale blowing, but in a sheltered 

 spot I found a 3 (J. ednsa enjoying the red valerian and managed to 

 net it with my left and uninjured hand. On August 13th I saw a 

 number of C. c'<liisa on the railway banks near Brighton and on the 

 14th on the banks near Polegate, and met a collector who had counted 

 thirteen on the railway banks between Polegate and Hailsham when 

 passing in a train. I give these rather extended notes to show that 

 had the weather been favourable C. edma would, no doubt, have been 

 very plentiful. At Margate, between August 24th and September 14th, 

 I netted five (J C. ednaa, all very badly worn. During the whole of 

 my stay at Eastbourne and Margate I saw no signs of C. hyale. In 

 going through my notes and series of C. edusa, I find that I have 

 had the good fortune to take it in 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1911, 

 and 1912, and as Mr. South records it in British Butterflies, page 53, 

 in 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, and 1899, it would appear to be a pretty 

 frequent visitor. The weather in 1903, 1907, 1909, and 1910 was 

 very unfavourable and no doubt accounts for its absence. C. Jnjale I 

 have onlv taken in 1900, 1901, and 1911, and Mr. South records it in 

 1892, 1893, 1899, 1902, and 1904. 



In 1911 the weather was gloriously fine, yet although C. liyale was 

 common I only saw two C. ednsa. If failure of foodplant was the 



