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seem suitable for the growth of many species of flowering plants, 

 for in the spring and early smnmer months the wider rides are 

 carpeted with flowers and animated with insect life. Here 

 H. panisciis {Carterocephalas palcBinon) is at home, and in the 

 May sunshine is to be seen by scores, flitting from flower to 

 flower of the bugle, or chasing his fellows along the grassy rides. 



Argynnis paphia. Skellingthorpe ; last year common first week in 

 July. The variety ralesina not seen. — A. (ii/loia. Skellingthorpe. — 

 A. euphrosyne. Common at Newball, May 15th, and Skehingthorpe, 

 May 18th, 1893. — A. selene. About as common as above; same 

 localities and dates. 



Melitaa artemis {aiirinUi). Scarce at Newball in May. 



Vanessa urtim. Common. — V. polychloros. Newball. — V. lo. Lanes, 

 &c. ; not common. 



Fyrameis atalanta. Common in 1892 ; scarce last year at Lincoln, 

 but fairly common on sand-hills near Skegness last August. — P. cardiii. 

 Common in 1892; rare last year. 



Apatum iris. Seen both in Newball and Skellingthorpe Woods, 

 but not taken. 



Melananjia (jalatea. Common in a meadow near Newball four or 

 five years ago. 



Faranje eyeria. Common near Lincoln and Woodhall Spa last 

 August. 



Epinephele ianira. Hartsholme, &c. — E. tithonus. Scarce. — E, 

 hyperanthus. Abundant at Skellingthorpe in July. 



Ca'iionympha pamphilus. Common near Hartsholme and Newball. 



Theda to-album. Netted imago Aug. Gth, 1892 ; obtained full-fed 

 larvae and pupai last year, May 27th, on elm. 



Fulyummatiis phlceas. Common. 



LyciEna icarus. Very common at Newball ; less common, Skelling- 

 thorpe. 



Coiias edma. A few taken near Hartsholme, 1892. 



Gonopteryx rJiamni. Rather scarce. 



Anthocharis cardainines. Newball and Skellingthorpe. 



Pier is napi, P. rapce, P. brassicce. Common. 



Hesperia (Nisoniades) tayes. Common at Newball and Skelling- 

 thorpe in May. — H. panisciis (Carterocejihalits palcemon). Abundant at 

 Newball ; common at Skellingthorpe in May. — H. sylvanus. Newball 

 and Skellingthorpe. — H. tinea {tJiaiunas). Roadsides. 



Sinerinthus ocellatus. Larvae common on sallows, Hartsholme. — S. 

 populi. Common. — S. tiVue. Does not occur in the Lincoln neigh- 

 bourhood, but I am informed that larvic were taken from a lime-tree 

 some few miles away, about ten years ago, and the insect bred in Lincoln. 



Adieruntia atropos. Larvaa occasionally found in potato- fields. 



Sphinx convolvnli. Several were obtained about five years ago, but 

 I have no more recent record. — i». liyiistri. Rare. 



C/ucrocampa celeriu. A friend (Mr. E. Mead) obtained a single 

 example of this rare moth a few years ago, which had flown into a 

 cottage near Lincoln. — C. porcdlus. One netted near Hartsholme in 

 1892.— C. dpenor. Larvae rather common (1892) on bedstraw growing 

 in wide dfain ; one imago netted. 



