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dant. 6th. Hepialus humidi, common ; also Iodis vernaria ; a 

 fine female Zeuzera cesculi was brought to me alive ; Zygcena 

 trifolii, scarce. 7th. Took many pupse and larvae of Nonagria 

 typhce from bullrush stems, and bred over a hundred. I kept 

 the stems stuck in wet earth, the exit being exposed, and fre- 

 quently drenched them with water. 



In 1897 I took a few Caradrina ambigua, over forty in 1898, 

 and about a dozen this year ; the majority on clematis flowers 

 in September, but several were netted as they flew over the 

 heaths. 



On the sea-coast I found v a nice colony of Lyccsna miiwna 

 (alsus). They were very large examples. N. typhce pupae were 

 also plentiful. Aspilates citraria was rather scarce. Acidalia 

 emutaria, common. 



My best captures for the season were fine varieties of Ly carta 

 corydon. I obtained about two dozen. Several males are lighter 

 blue than the type ; the black borders are absent, but replaced 

 by a row of pure white square spots upon all the wings ; those 

 of inferiors are centred with black. Others have the dark borders 

 with large white spaces upon them intervened with black lines. 

 Two females are marked in a similar manner, and appear totally 

 different from the type. I have taken many examples approach- 

 ing this form both at Dover and near Blandford, but they cannot 

 be compared to the above. Several females have the usual blue 

 markings, and are ringed upon all the wings in the nervular 

 spaces. Streaked varieties were fairly common, also males with 

 orange spots upon upper hind wings. 



Two good varieties of Mclanargia galatea were also taken. 

 These have much more black colour than is usual, and approach 

 var. procida ; they are a pair. Other specimens taken are very 

 yellow, and one is brownish. 



The second brood of Ly carta argiolus was abundant. I found 

 five pupae spun up on dead holly leaves lying upon the ground. 



A good many Colias edusa have been seen down by the coast. 

 Four specimens also occurred here, but the large New Forest 

 butterflies have been very scarce again this year. Vanessa poly- 

 chloros was common in the larval stage, but not one imago was 

 seen. What becomes of them ? Larvae of V. cardui were fairly 

 common. I bred about two dozen. Upon a small isolated heath 

 in the forest I netted three varieties of Satyrus ianira. Two are 

 females, and have nearly the whole of the fore wings orange, 

 with a similar coloured blotch upon the hind wings. One is a 

 male, with large, very brilliant spaces upon fore wings. In each 

 case the eye-spots are small. They were the only specimens of 

 the species I could find there. 



Kingwoocl : October 7th, 1899. 



