i9G [Fuliruary, 



Thecla ilicis, Es., May 28th ; very common about sloe-bushes, 

 and settling on umbelliferous flowers. T. ruhi, L., April IGth ; com- 

 mon in bushy places on the cliffs and elsewhere. 



Chnjsophanus Thersamon, Es., June 26th; veiy common in waste 

 places, and partial to umbels. C. Gordius, Es., May 28th ; not un- 

 frequent on the cliffs : a very shy insect, and difficult to obtain in fine 

 condition. C. Phlceas, L., April 1-lth ; abundant throughout the 

 summer : most of the specimens very dark and suffused. 



Poli/ommatiis hoetlcus, L., June 9th ; common in flowery places, 

 and especially in a field of kidney-beans on the cliffs : a very sharp 

 flier. P. Telicanus, Ht., June 27th ; abundant, frequenting the flowers 

 of Lythriim salicaria. P. halcanica, Fr., June 6th ; common in dry, 

 flowery places, and by the sides of paths, near Mai Tepe and elsewhere. 

 P. Tiresias, Eg., July 5th; scarce and local, confined apparently to one 

 little weedy spot on the cliffs, and invariably in bad condition. P. 

 Hi/Ias, W. v., April 18th (second brood, June 6th) ; common on the 

 cliffs, in dry flowery spots. P. Medon, Hf., May 2nd ; abundant 

 throughout the summer. P. Icarus, Rg., May 2j:d ; extremely abun- 

 dant everywhere. P. ^y(?6'if or, Gr., May 30th; on the cliffs, scarce. P. 

 Admetus, Es., June 26th ; very common near Mai Te})e and on the 

 cliffs, in grassy places among bushes. P. ArgioJus, L., April 25th 

 common in bushy places all the summer. P. semiargus, Eg., May 2nd 

 a few specimens (all ? ) on the cliffs. P. Cgllarus, Kg., April 25th 

 common, and generally distributed, preferring rather damp places. 



Pyrgus malvarum, L., June 6th ; rare, on Mai Tepe. P. mar- 

 ruhi, E,., April 16th ; common throughout the summer by road-sides 

 and in dry places. P. lavaterce, Es., May 16th ; not rare in dry, 

 flowery places. P. sides, Es., May 12th ; this pretty skipper was not 

 rare on the cliffs and near Mai Tepe, frequenting flowery, bushy places. 

 P. malvcB, L., May 2nd ; common in damp spots. P.phlomidis, H.-S., 

 May 30th ; rare, on the cliffs and in the ravine beyond Mai Tepe. 

 P. orhifer, H., May 18th (second brood, July 7th) ; common, in dry 

 flowery spots on the cliffs. 



Nisoniades Tages, L., July 31st ; rare. N. Marloyi, Bd., May 18th 

 second brood, July 18th) ; not uncommon on the cliffs, and near Mai 

 Tepe, in dry, stony places : conspicuous on the wing by its sooty 

 blackness. 



Pamphila Thaumns, Hg., May 26th ; generally abundant. P. 

 Actceon, Es., June 16th ; very common in damp places on the cliffs. 

 P. sylvanus, Es., July 14th ; rare. P. nostradamus, Fab., June 27th ; 

 not rare in dry, hot places near the sea, but hard to catch, and almost 

 always in poor condition : varying much in size, some of the $ being 

 one and a half inch in extent of wings. 



7, West Street, Blue Town, Sheerness : 

 2.1th November, 1878. 



