174 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THE LATE SEASON IN KENT. 

 By J. W. TuTT, F.E.S. 



Following one of the heaviest rainfalls on record, — Thursday 

 night and Friday, — Saturday, June 4th, was a glorious day in 

 North Kent. Having been a close prisoner in Strood, owing to 

 the rain, on Thursday and Friday, I made an early start on 

 Saturday morning. Reaching Cuxton shortly after 10 a.m., I 

 made at once for the chalk-hills, and expected to be soon at 

 work. So I was ; and my total, at the end of two hours hard 

 work, was nil. One Nisoniades tages, three or four Cosnonympha 

 'pamphilus, and Lyccena icarus were all I had seen. 



Making my way into a clearing in the adjoining woods, I 

 fared a little better. Aciptilia galactodactyla larvte, about as 

 large as they usually are at Faster, were more sparing than 

 usual ; and here I took Lyccena argiolus flying over the blue- 

 bells. I learnt that this species frequented the blue-bell flowers 

 from a Yorkshire correspondent, only a fortnight ago. Euchloe 

 cardainines was apparently just out. I netted a few (all males), 

 and found they were in splendid condition ; one male I kept, a 

 fine variety. The edge of the costa of the anterior wings is 

 broadly orange, and the tip of the wings, instead of being of the 

 ordinary blackish colour, is much suffused with orange, which 

 gives it a peculiar golden colour, very different to the ordinary 

 " orange " colour at the apex of the wing ; altogether it is a 

 beautiful insect. Here also I found Penthina gentiana (larvse and 

 pupse) in the teazel-heads. Some of the larvse were not more 

 than half-fed, whilst one of the moths emerged yesterday 

 morning (June 5th). This insect must be on the wing an 

 enormous time ; some of the smaller larvse I obtained cannot 

 emerge, I should say, for at least six weeks or a couple of 

 months. Euposcilia maculosana and Venilia macularia were 

 flying freely. 



Passing out of the clearing again I made for a sunny bank, 

 where I can always take, in the early summer, PancaUa lewen- 

 hoekella and the probably pseudo-latrelllella. They were in some 

 plenty, but they are difficult to see, and a great deal of care is 

 wanted to make up even a small series. I cannot lielp thinking 

 that the stumpy form and want of white scales in the antennee of 



