54 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Aphantopus hyperanihus was out in abundance in many places 

 and in beautiful condition. 



One specimen only represented Epinej)hile tithomis so early 

 in the season. E. jartina and Coeno)iip)ipha pampliilus were, 

 of course, plentiful. 



We saw no sign of ^1. iris nor of E. polychloros, though we 

 kept a good look-out for them. 



When our i)arty broke up I went on to Corfe, hoping to 

 obtain T. actceon, which I had not hitherto met with. It was 

 a bow drawn rather at a venture, as 1 did not know that it 

 was found so far from the coast, but the venture was successful, 

 as I came on the species in numbers close to Corfe, on the south 

 side of the range of chalk hills stretching from there to Ballard 

 Point. Th&y especially frequent the tracts of tall yellowish-green 

 grass {Brachypodiiim jniinaUun) which form an attractive feature 

 on chalk downs. Males were much more abundant than females, 

 but I took quite a good series of both. The only flower at which 

 I saw them feeding was Lotas corniculatus. This species is here 

 infested with a small scarlet mite, two or three of which are 

 frequently attached between the head and thorax. A.flava, 

 and P. sylvamis were also common. Hijiparchia femele was in 

 fine order here, and I took a good series of both sexes. Melan- 

 argia galatea was also abundant. I saw no trace of P. hellargns 

 which is said to occur on these Downs. I suppose I was between 

 the two broods. 



Possibly some notes on my summer's collecting elsewhere 

 may be acceptable. It was done in day's excursions in the 

 neighbourhood of Cambridge, and in a three weeks' holiday in 

 Dorset, which my wife and I took in the latter half of August and 

 the beginning of September. 



On June 24th I visited Monk's Wood in company with Capt. 

 R. N. S. Tebb, No. 2 O.C.B. It was a cloudy day which settled in 

 to steady rain about 5 in the afternoon, but no weather could have 

 suited our purpose better — that of taking Thecla pruni. It grew 

 rather '* muggy " in the wood as the rain was approaching, and 

 the insects were out in abundance, often half a dozen together, 

 feeding on the flowering sprays of privet, and, though less fre- 

 quently, on the flowers of the dogwood (Coi-nns). The hot, fine 

 weather of May and June had brought them on rather earlier 

 than usual, and they were not in quite perfect condition. A 

 week later, however, we took some very fair specimens. 



On July 29th and on August 5th we again visited the wood, 

 and I had the satisfaction of taking my first specimens of 

 Z. hetulce there, a male and female, both in hne order. 



July 22nd saw us down atBurwell Fen, adjoining Wicken, where 

 in the late afternoon I took my first British specimens oiA.lineola. 

 They were sitting poised on the arching stems of grasses and 



