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abundant, and C. lif/ustri and !>. scahriKscnla again turned up, besides 

 Aplecta hi'rbida and Krastria fnsctda — the two latter perfectly fresh. 

 A nice confluent var. of Ai/mtis e.rcla)iiatii)nis was picked out. Far 

 more things Hew at dusk and a nice little fresh series of Scotosia 

 vetnlata was netted round a large buckthorn and i'hibalaptet ij.v tersata 

 was not uncommon round clematis. Others seen commonly were 

 Lii/ilia adiistata and Melantliia ocdlata — both worn — and a few nice 

 Acidalia imitaria and a couple of Aphuuiia sociella were netted 

 casually. 



Tempted by an appearance of dryness on the morning of the 5th, 

 we decided to have another turn at larva beating before leaving for the 

 New Forest. After forty minutes, however, down came the rain, but 

 not before we had added another X trejiida, four A', chaonia, more 

 P. ridens, many "Thorns" and A. strataria, and another P. nionacha. 

 We continued for a time in the rain and got thoroughly soaked. The 

 rain stopped during lunch, so we threw our wet things into the 

 bottom of the open cart, and started on the fourteen mile drive in our 

 remaining di'y suits. 



While the horse was being harnessed we found Pi/ralis fatinalis 

 m immense numbers on the stable walls, and in such lovely condition 

 that we boxed a fresh series each. 



The rain and wind re-started after the first haif-mile, and long 

 before we reached our destination — a cottage in the far north of the 

 Forest and right ofi" the beaten track — we were wetter by far than we 

 had been in the morning. We arrived with nothing dry in our bags 

 except socks and shirts, so in these, plus the least wet of the trousers, 

 we sat before a large fire until something else dried. This was th,e 

 only night of our holiday that we stayed in. We went to bed early 

 and awoke in the morning to the same sound of driving rain, but after 

 breakfast donned mackintoshes and sallied forth. It was cold and 

 cheerless in the extreme, but we started beating oaks and soon had 

 larvae of /'. ridens and A', cliaovia again, and a couple of small 

 N. trepida. A large one fell soon afterwards, unfortunately smashed, 

 and before the morning was out we added four more large A', trepida 

 from one tree, three i\'. chaonia and a number of P. ridens, Amphidasis 

 strataria, Ennonios anyularia, Eiipit/ifciu abhreriato, a few Ennotnos 

 erosaria and Cidaria psitticata, and some others. A. strataria was 

 nearly full grown and quite common, often two or three falling into 

 the umbrella together. Not many moths were seen, but Boannia 

 roboraria was common and in splendid condition, both on oak and pine 

 trunks. These were all of the normal pale form and we took a fine 

 long series. The only other moth at all common was Triaena psi 

 which was dotted about on the tree trunks. Kllopia prusajiiaria 

 [fasciaria) occurred very occasionally and was badly worn. Even in 

 the rain we found that Dryas paphiu was out, as they were occasionally 

 found at rest on, or walked out of the bracken, and Limenitis sibillavf&s 

 twice taken in the same way. The afternoon was fairly dry and more 

 of the same larvae were beaten, while a half-gleam of watery sun, for 

 not more than five minutes, showed that the butterflies were in 

 numbers and only wanting the least encouragement to fly. 



For these few minutes male />. paphia sat with opened wings on 

 the bracken in considerable numbers, and although only three females 

 were seen one was a fine var. valesina. Liinenitis sibilla was scarcer 



