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fieldia nireidactyla {haliodactijla) was also netted, the only one seen, 

 although further search was made. Se^ia stellatarum flew along the 

 cuttings through which the road now passed, and the ground assumed 

 an air of what one instinctively knows as "butterfly" ground. 

 Deciduous trees now formed an open wood, among which Avet patches 

 from various spring-heads, and heather-clad slopes, were the most 

 noticeable features. Once tempted in, one found Anthrocera trifoUi, and 

 an insect that at first glance looked like A. Jiip/iocrrpidis, Stephs., whilst 

 over the scabious flowers were little congeries of Neinotois scabioselliis, the 

 3- s darting swiftly to and fro in the sun some two or three feet above 

 the blossoms, the $ s resting quietly on the capitula, some apparently 

 egglaying there. The A. trifolii were mostlysomewhat small, apparently 

 of the winor form, and interesting, but further observation will have 

 to disclose the details concerning the "burnets" taken. Besides swarms 

 of Kniidia In/perantliiia, of which one fine aberration had both forewings 

 very pale, darker at the base, and almost white on the outer margin = 

 ab. seiiiialbescens, n. ab., Epinephele iaiiira, the ^s dark, and strongly 

 spotted on the underside of the hindwings, one with six ocelli, 

 of which the second and fifth are stronger = ab. ocellata, n. ab., and 

 PolyoDiiiiatiis icarus, little el^e was here, except a few Mdanari/ia (/alathea, 

 which seemed to be stragglers from some further outlying point, and 

 then, outside again, one pursued the road a little further. A lovely 

 specimen of Enranessa antinpa sunned itself on a stone on the side of 

 another cutting, and was promptly made prisoner, whilst a wide open 

 hollow by the roadside disclosed ground of an entirely different character, 

 for here was a piece of primitive bog land which Mr. Muschamp at 

 once assured us produced C. tij^hon, a fact which we proved accurate 

 on our return, for we captured it here, as also Hydrocampa nymphaeata 

 not observed on the larger bog. Near here, also, a 3 Polyommatus 

 hylas, Avith large spots on the underside of the forewings, was captured; 

 however, we went on some little distance further, and soon a much 

 larger hollow came in sight, a typical haunt for our quarry. The 

 wood sloped down to the edge of the wide, alluring, rough, meadow- 

 like stretch, which extended away to the left for at least a mile or 

 more, as far as Ave could see, and, sloAvly uprising in front, changed 

 gradually about 300 or 400 yards in advance of the Avood into meadoAvs 

 and orchards Avhich stretched for miles over the hills beyond. In the 

 centre of the hollow, little pools glistened in the sun, and appeared to 

 be partly choked Avith a mass of rank vegetation, rarely to be seen. The 

 general surface of the hoUoAV Avas a deep, rusty red, due to the tall 

 waving heads of a grass or sedge that grew in great abundance every- 

 Avhere, Avhilst above this, here, there, and everyAvhere, taller reeds Avere 

 conspicuous. Letting ourselves doAvn a small embankment, Ave Avere 

 soon at AA'ork, for on this greAV a pink Ononis., froniAvhich Marasiuarcha 

 lunaedactyla was disturbed, and almost directly after an example of 

 Oxyptilns pilosellae, and tAVO or three Meiri fieldia tridactyla {tetradactiild). 

 Reaching the bottom A\'e were soon knee-deep among carices, scabious, 

 tall, large, red-floAvered Centanreae, a large yellow-floAvered Lotus, bog- 

 asphodel, Gentiana pneutnonantJie, etc., and CoenonympJia pamphilus was 

 disturbed ; but a little further on, the little Avhite Avaving heads of 

 Erio}>hnriun shoAved thickly on a spongy piece of ground, and the large 

 pamphilas-\o6^\ng insect in the net proved to be C. tiphon : another 

 and another folloAved, but many more were turned out of the net, as 



