53 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



among the hosts of Limenitis Sibylla and Argynnis Paphia, then 

 past their prime. 



Argnnnis Paphia was, as has been observed, somewhat 

 miusually abundant, but the proportion of its variety Valezina 

 was far greater than I had observed it on any previous occasion. 

 It was no unusual thing to see a dozen in the course of a 

 morning's walk, or to come upon two at rest within a few inches 

 of each other on a bramble or fern leaf. The depth of colour 

 varies considerably in different specimens, from intense black to 

 a shade of brown almost intermediate between the variety and 

 the typical female. I was interested to learn from Mr. Tate that 

 an entomologist known to him, who had obtained eggs from a 

 Valezina, reared, out of eleven larvae which survived to enter the 

 pupa state, five Valezina ; the remaining six being three typical 

 females and three males. Thus (in this case) about 45 per cent, 

 of the surviving progeny of a Valezina proved to be Valezina. 



The remarkable dimorphic form, figured on Plate I. (figs. 5 

 and 5 a), was taken by Mr. Bernard Cooper in Park Ground En- 

 closure on July 12th ; and the dark suffused variety of the male 

 (figs. 4 and 4 a) was taken by myself on the same day in Brick Kilns, 

 together with another similarly, though not so strongly, marked. 

 In addition to these, a form of the male was not uncommon 

 having a pale straw-coloured wedge-shaped mark on each of the 

 upper, and sometimes also on the lower wings ; and we each took 

 one having the greater part of the under wings bleached after the 

 manner of some of the New Forest forms of Satyrus janira. 



Limenitis Sibylla was almost equally abundant. One I took 

 was almost black, having a faint tracing only of the usual white 

 markings. 



Ajiatura iris. — Of this noble insect we saw a fair number, and 

 spent many hours watching their majestic flight along the top- 

 most branches of the oaks and firs. A series each adorned our 

 setting boards before we left ; one, a female, being given to the 

 writer by the good-natured hostess of the ' Rose and Crown ' at 

 Brockenhurst, having settled on an outer door of that hostelry in 

 the morning. 



Boarmia rohoraria was still common on the fir trunks, but 

 somewhat out of condition. The variety Conversaria of B. 

 repandata was not uncommon, but getting likewise slightly worn. 



Litliosia quadra and Liparis monaclia were common in the 



