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Day work produced Scoria lineata [dealbata), just emerging, 

 Ematiiri/a atoniaria, verj^ bright yellow J s, Eiiclidia mi, K. f/bjp/iica, 

 Nisomades tagea, Hesperia malvte, P. rapw, I', napi, Kiicldoi' rardaiiiines, 

 Brenthiit euplirosyne, Aj/rioden tJietis (bellaif/Hs), Poli/oiiiinatiis icariis, 

 Ciipido niinitims, Aricia medon {aatrarche) , Anthrocera trifolii, Cidaria 

 trimrata (nissata), S. inenthastri, and M. rithi. 



We had great sport with the M. ntbi. Mr. Tonge had brought a 

 $ which he carried in a bag, and which we had quite forgotten. At 

 4.80 p.m., however, I spotted a 3 flying round, and on putting the ? 

 down in the grass, we soon netted eighteen 3 s in good condition, but 

 were forced to leave just as things were getting lively in order to 

 prepare for night work, and get some tea. Returning again to the 

 ground at 6.30 p.m., we found the J s still plentiful, and we soon had 

 a good series in splendid condition, the last one came at 8.80 p.m. 

 While waiting for this last J to turn up, a loud buzzing noise was 

 heard in the grass, and on following it up, I found a large 5 M. ntbi 

 busily ovipositing, which I transferred to a pill box, where she laid a 

 large number of ova during the night. Most of these ova duly 

 hatched, bat a number produced a small fly, which emerged from a 

 small hole bored through the micropyle. Might work only produced 

 (Traiiniiesia triip-aiinnica [trilinea) and Apaiiiea hasilinca besides P. 

 leucnplma. 



On the evening of June 6th, while strolling across a sunny heath 

 watching birds, I kicked up K. atoniaria 3 s, which wex'e very dark, 

 hardly any yellow showing, and also a few ^. mijrtilli in good condition. 

 Both flew a short distance, settled on heather, slid head downward 

 to the earth, where they lay quite still on their backs, and were 

 difficult to see and more so to pillbox. 



On June 12th another visit was paid to the locality, for P. 

 leucophiea with a friend, when, to our surprise, we found that A. 

 trifolii was quite over and *S'. lineata {dcalbata) nearly so. E. atoniaria 

 3 s and $ s were still in the best condition, and some nice forms were 

 taken, also one freshly emerged A. lilipendnhr, and several 3 

 Diacrinia sannio [rnsKida) and a 9 M. nibi were walked up in the 

 long grass. In the evening sugar was duly applied to posts and trees, 

 and a sheet erected. Just as we had finished our preparations two 

 bulls and some cows appeared on the scene. The former came for us 

 in an ugly way, and we felt somewhat easier when on the other side of 

 the fence. After a short wait, I had a most exciting time recovering 

 the sheet, and on our making an attempt to visit the sugar, the attack 

 was renewed, and as the bulls were making desperate efforts to get 

 through the fence, we thought " discretion the better part of valour," 

 left them to it, and contented ourselves with a few trees sugared out- 

 side the field, but the only insects that came were Iliixina tcnebro.sa, 

 Noctiia festira and Apainea (/eniina. 



On June 14th, at Folkestone, sugar was again tried, when Trip/iana 

 proniiba, A. basiiinea, /i'. tenebrosa, A. ijeiiiina, Hadena dcntina, Aijrotis 

 rortieca, and A. exdamationis put in an appearance. On the following 

 evening sugar on a small sandhill on Eomney Marsh produced only 

 Maniefitra albicolon, A. (jeiiiina, A. corticea, A. e.rrlainationis, Leticania 

 palle)ifi, and T. proniiba. 



On the 28rd full fed B. hirtaria larvae were resting on lime trunks 

 at East Dulwich, preparatory to going to earth, and on the 28th full 



