156 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
on your left—a beautiful and productive lane, leading by a stile at 
the top on the right hand into a field. ‘This is the ‘‘ White Field,” 
one of the finest sugaring-grounds in the county. Ophiodes 
lunaris has been taken here, and Catephia Alchymista hard by. 
Melitea Athalia, Arge Galathea, and the three large Fritillaries 
swarm in good seasons. Apatura Iris may be seen with certainty 
every year (about 18th July), in the left-hand corner nearest to 
the wood. I know one particular branch of a certain oak which, 
year after year, is a favourite throne of the “ purple monarch.” 
At the top of the white field (whence you get a lovely view of 
the sea) is one of the numerous woods that go to make up 
Abbot’s Wood--these are Gnat Wood, Folkington Wood, and 
Cophall Wood. Folkington Wood has lately changed hands, 
and it is just possible that some difficulty may be experienced 
about going over certain portions of it. The owner of the 
* pinky-white cottage” will, I am sure, give all necessary 
information on this head; and his son (a remarkably intelligent 
youth) knows the best spot where to look for Apatura Iris. 
The following is a list of the butterflies I have myself taken in 
the locality :—Argynnis Paphia, July 7th; common. A. Aglaia, 
June 28th; common. A. Adippe, July 2nd; common. A. La- 
thonia, September ; once seen in the White Field. A. Huphrosyne, 
May 16th; swarms. A. Selene, June 4th; swarms. WMelitea 
Athalia, June 2lst; common. Vanessa Urtice, March, July, &e. 
V. Polychloros, March 20th, July 20th; common. V. Jo, March 
2nd, July 18th; common. V. Atalanta, May 17th, August 
10th; common. Pyrameis Carduwi, May to September; swarms 
in the wood, some years, in May. Limenitis Sibylla, July 19th; 
rare. Apatura Iris, July 18th to August 183th; plenty about the 
wood; use long pole; female flies low amongst sallow bushes. 
Melanagria Galathea, July 2nd; swarms in White Field, and 
common in wood. Pyrarga Hgeria, April 13th, May and Sep- 
tember; common. P. Megera, May 15th, August 2nd. Hpine- 
phele Janira, June 10th. Satyrus Semele, July 15th; occasionally 
in the middle of the wood; swarms on downs. S. Tithonus, July 
7th. S. Hyperanthus, June 29th; common. Cenonympha Pam- 
philus, May 12th, June 3rd. Nemeobius Lucina, June 1st, 1876; 
very rare. Thecla Rubi, April 28th, May 28th; common. 
T’. Quercus, July 18th; swarms after 5 p.m. Polyommatus Phleas, 
May 27th to October; common. Agestis Medon, May 21st, and 
