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following day V. polychloros was first seen, and during the rest of the 

 month the first and last named were very plentiful, nrtictB being seen 

 in greater numbers during April than March. On April 17th a batch 

 of larvas of Pohjijonia c-album emerged from ova sent me from York- 

 shire, and these fed up very well on elm. Tliey pupated from May 

 26th till May 30tli, and the resultant imagines appeared from June 8fch 

 till June 17th. The under sides of all were of the pale ochreous 

 ground colour. On April 27th the first Cijanii is argiolus was taken, 

 but this species was not nearly so common here this year as it was 

 last. I took a good number of the second brood near St. Leonard's on 

 August 15th, and noticed that these were much larger than the speci- 

 mens of the early brood taken in Dorking. Pieris rapes and P. napi 

 began to appear during the first week in May, and many very small 

 specimens of each were seen. On May 4th the first of a batch of forty 

 Melitata cinxia larvae, which had been sent me from Ventnor about the 

 middle of April, pupated, and they continued to do so till May 26th ; 

 but only fourteen reached the pupa stage, all the others being stung. 

 I counted twenty-four cocoons of "ichneumons" that emerged from one 

 larva, but about fourteen or fifteen was the usual number. They deve- 

 loped into little black flies. Thirteen imagines of M. cinxia came 

 through successfully, but the fourteenth failed to develop its wings 

 properly. The first appeared on June loth, and the last on June 

 27th. On May 24th a good number of male Eiichloe cardamines were 

 seen, and from that date till June 22nd this species was very plentiful. 

 On May 24th, also, Xenieobius liicina, Henjjeria malva, and Thanaos 

 tages were observed for the first time. The first-named was not 

 nearly so abundant as it was last year, doubtless owing to the scarcity 

 of sunshine ; but a good number of ova were discovered on the under 

 side of cowslip leaves, and I reared a few through to the pupa stage. 

 The young larvae began to appear on June 19th, but about sixty per 

 cent, of them died before pupation. They took a long time to feed up, 

 as it was well into August before the last one had changed. Callophrys 

 rubi was first seen on May 24th, and several were taken from that date 

 till the first week in June, but never in any numbers. Pararge egeria 

 was taken on May 28th, on which date Hesperia malvce was to be seen 

 in profusion. Chrgsophanus phlceas was seen on May 31st, but the 

 early brood did not seem nearly so plentiful as that of August, when 

 I found it quite common at Bembridge, in the Isle of Wight. Pieris 

 brassiccB wsiS first seen on June 2nd, and in August very fine specimens 

 of this species were observed in great numbers at Bembridge and at 

 St. Leonard's. LyccEna icarus was first noticed on June 4th, but, 

 owing to the absence of sunshine, few were seen on the wing. Boxing 

 off the long grass in the evening produced two fine varieties [ante, p. 

 218), one a gynandrous specimen, and the other having only one spot, 

 besides the marginal ones, on the under side of each wing. A very 

 small specimen was taken at Bembridge on Sept. 8th, and a single 

 male was seen in the long grass on Oct. 7th. On June 8th L. astrarche 

 was taken, and at Bembridge, during the latter part of August, several 

 specimens, including one very small one, were caught. My experience 

 with this insect is that it is never seen in any numbers, four being the 

 most that I have ever taken at one time on the same ground. L. bell- 

 argus was to be taken from June 8th till June 24tii, after which date 



