NOTES ON LYCiENA ARION. 71 



weather, it was anything but a lively place to spend a wet 

 day in — at least by oneself. 



The following morning when I awoke it was fine, but I 

 noticed from my bed-room window broken clouds flying at a 

 great pace across the sky. After breakfast, when I had 

 walked beyond the shelter of the town, I discovered that the 

 rain of the preceding day had given place to^a fresh gale 

 from the south-west. On reaching the favourite locality for 

 Lyc(Bna Avion I found the wind so strong it would have 

 been impossible for a butterfly to face it; indeed, in some 

 places I could barely stand, so gave up all hope of capturing 

 any by ordinary means ; but I thought that by searching to 

 the leeward of bushes and patches of high fern I might 

 possibly find some sheltering. Several hours hard, back- 

 aching work only produced a few Argynnis Aglaia, Satyrus 

 Sernele, and S. Janira, many of which upon being disturbed 

 were carried off by the wind at a tremendous pace. 1 gave it 

 up as a bad job, and returned to Salcombe. Thus ended my 

 second expedition of 1875, for the next day 1 had to return 

 early to Dartmouth. 



It will be noticed that I did not observe a single perfect 

 insect myself that year, but this, in a great measure, was 

 owing to the unfortunate state of the weather at the time of 

 my second visit. A collector who visited the locality a few 

 days later, when the weather was more favourable, took 

 about a dozen worn specimens. 



I was unable to go and have another search for larvae of 

 Lycceua Avion in the spring of 1876; but on the 14th July I 

 left Dartmouth by coach for Kingsbridge, and from thence 

 went on by boat to Salcombe, where I arrived about half-past 

 three in the afternoon. The day was most lovely, the sky 

 clear, and heat almost tropical. As soon as I had deposited 

 my luggage at the Victoria Inn 1 set out for Bolthead. On 

 getting there I saw nothing whatever of Avion, but was not 

 much surprised at this, for it is a butterfly that does not fly 

 much alter mid-day, and it was nearly five o'clock before I 

 reached its favourite habitat. Sa/yvus Seinele and S.Janiva 

 were very abundant, as was also Avgynnis Aylaia ; but there 

 was nothing like the assembly I witnessed here in July, 1870. 

 Indeed, in this locality I doubt if such a thing will be seen 

 again. 



