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away ; the luxuriant hay and grass had grown up till nearly 

 everywhere it was three-foot high, the flowers and flowering- 

 plants were wonderful in their variety and abundance, large 

 stretches of ground being purple with Salvia ijratensis. More- 

 over, the butterflies, which, when I left were not generally in 

 abundance, were now in the greatest plenty. Fresh A. cratcegi 

 were in countless swarms everywhere, with E. ianira excessively 

 common also ; hosts of newly emerged /. lathonia hovered 

 wherever the hay was not quite so long ; while very numerous 

 were R. argus, P. icariis (with very large males), and C. iphis, 

 which were still in presentable condition. Fresh A. thetis were 

 frequent, and the fine dark P. mcera common ; while Pyrameis 

 cardui, A. urticce, and P. daplidice added to the bag. I had not 

 gone far along the path towards Kamaerardo before I saw the 

 first Chrysophanus dispar — only, of course, var. rittilus, flying 

 along the side of a small ditch, with the sun shining full on it. 

 It was, indeed, a brilliant object, and no one who has not seen 

 this exquisite species on the wing can have any conception of 

 the beauty of its red-gold wings when it is alive. This specimen, 

 a male, in most perfect condition, was soon followed by others, 

 and I found it to be common though local, and on this day I 

 took nineteen perfect specimens, including five females ; they 

 were all very large and fine, in fact, they run very close to 

 many specimens of dispar. 



On subsequent days I found it to be quite common, though it 

 was not found everywhere ; I took most of my specimens off the 

 purple scabious, which was the only flower I ever saw Riitilus 

 on ; never on the white composite, which previously had been 

 so attractive to C. thersamon. But, to continue the account of 

 my doings on June 7th : near the farmhouse by Kamaerardo 

 Wood I got five fresh Carcharodus althcBce, and in the wood itself 

 Strymon pruni was not uncommon, though already rather torn ; 

 here, too, C. arcania was plentiful. On the Aristolochia, which 

 grows at this point abundantly, were a great many larvae of 

 T. polyxena, in all stages of growth ; while fresh Argiades 

 sylvanus, worn N. tages, one or two P. daplidice, and plenty of 

 M. plicehe were noted here. 



Bather further on, where some tall thistles were growing 

 luxuriantly amongst the hay, I found a great profusion of 

 butterflies, and secured, to my surprise, a magnificent male 

 Dryas pandora off a thistle-head, to be followed almost directly 

 after by two more specimens, and on subsequent days I got 

 several others. This species is generally rare near Budaj^est, 

 though found plentifully in many parts of Hungary ; all those I 

 saw were in the vicinity of Kamaerardo Wood, and are very 

 large specimens, though perhaps not so big as some Spanish 

 ones. I paid other visits to these delightful marshes on the 10th 

 and 12th, and always spent long and interesting days there. 



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