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in the county is now no more. Till three years ago A. iris 

 managed to maintain itself in Foxley Wood in West Norfolk, but 

 in 1915 the whole wood was sold to the Government, and the 

 greater part of the trees were immediately cut down, and one 

 more of our most interesting entomological localities, where 

 several very local species just managed to exist, was ruthlessly 

 swept away. Other insects noted in the New Forest in the 

 various enclosures were Apautopus hyperanthua and E. jurtina 

 ■everywhere, the former quite fresh, a few Epinephile tithonus 

 and some beautifully fresh A. cydippe ; fresh Celastrina argiolus 

 were seen two or three times, and odd specimens of A. sylvanus, 

 A.jiava, Pieris napi and P. rapce. 



On July 22nd I was back again in Norfolk, and spent a few 

 hours on the 30th at Felthorpe. Here I saw much the same 

 insects I had noted on July 11th. P. (egon, still quite fresh, with 

 a tine show of females now. Large patches of Gentiana pneu- 

 monanthe in full flower were a beautiful sight, as also the great 

 abundance of the Common Meadow Orchis. 



Ten days later I found A. Ityperanthus quite common, though 

 naturally worn at this date, in a small wood near here where I 

 had never noticed it before, and a very few specimens actually 

 appeared in this garden. A rough field was full of butterflies — 

 A. hyperanthus, E. jartina, Polyovimatus icarus, P, megcera, 

 E. tithonus, A. flava, Vanessa io, Aglais urticce, and the- three 

 common Pierids. With regard to P. megcera, this is a butterfly 

 which has become commoner in this district during the past five 

 or six years. Fifteen years ago it was abundant in our sandy 

 lanes and in all suitable places, but it practically disappeared, 

 and, anyhow round about here, became quite a rare insect ; now 

 it is getting up its numbers again, and this year was common 

 everywhere. E. tithonus is always a very common butterfly here, 

 the females large and richly coloured, the males small and 

 dark. On August 12th I visited some very good ground twelve 

 miles west of Norwich. In a large clearing in the middle of a 

 private wood I found Ilipparchia semele in the very greatest 

 profusion. The trees had been cut down, and grass and heather 

 had sprung up with bright patches of Lotus corniculatus. I don't 

 think I had ever seen this species in such extraordinary numbers 

 anywhere; four or five would dart up at one's feet, or rise fighting 

 from the ground, or several males would wildly pursue a female 

 until they got lost in the wood amongst the trees which had not 

 been felled. Some fine fresh C. phlaaa shared the lotus plants 

 with P. icarus and an occasional C. pamphilus, while some 

 P. cegon fluttered over the heather. Proceeding to a marshy 

 common a mile further on, the most interesting insects noted were 

 three or four specimens of Zygcena trifolii, which were confined 

 to one small corner of the bog ; many fresh female P. napi were 

 busy ovipositing on various Conifers, and a few worn A. cydippe 



