86 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
their usual dates. In South Devon Brenthis ewphrosyne was 
seen on June 9th in fairly good condition, and B. selene on 
June 9th and 10th in fine condition. <Argynnis adippe I saw flying 
in a wood in Essex from July 8th to 18th, which dates are 
quite normal. The season has been very favourable to some of 
the Vanesside, particularly for Pyrameis atalanta. The first which 
I saw was on March Ist at Mucking, but as I was unable to 
catch it I am not able to state its condition. I saw specimens 
on June 7th and 23rd at Loughton, on July 8th at Wrabness, 
Essex (worn), on July 16th (very worn) at Loughton, and on July 
17th (perfectly fresh), Loughton, and from July 31st onwards in 
abundance. Up to July 17th all the early specimens showed 
signs of old age. Personally I am not at all satisfied with the 
more recent idea that P. atalanta does not hibernate in this 
country. Certainly by the appearance of most of the early ones 
they must have hibernated somewhere. However disastrous 
the season may have proved to many species of Lepidoptera 
P. atalanta has flourished exceedingly. 
I saw P. cardui on May 15th in Monk’s Wood, Huntingdon- 
shire, and also at Herne Bay on June 23rd, both apparently 
worn, but fresh autumn specimens, as far as 1 have seen, have 
been decidedly scarce, as I have only seen one, and that was in 
Buckinghamshire on August 25th. However, I hear from other 
entomologists that it has been quite common in places. Vanessa 
io I have met with generally, and at normal dates. Aglais urtice 
has been comparatively scarce, but I have seen a few both at 
Loughton and in Sussex. Limenitis sibylla I took in Essex from 
July 8th to 18th; by the last date it was almost over. Among 
the Satyriide Pararge megera turned up about the usual dates and 
in fair numbers. Some few years ago Prof. Meldola remarked 
in the ‘Entomologist’ how the Satyriide were gradually 
disappearing, particularly from the vicinity of towns, which 
fact was endorsed by most field entomologists. His reference 
was chiefly connected with megera, saying that, when a boy, this 
insect was seen every year in his garden at Leyton, and that it 
had long since disappeared for miles round Leyton. For some 
unaccountable reason this insect, for the last few years, has 
become decidedly more common again. Last year I saw one at 
Loughton for the first time after six years’ residence in the 
district, and this year I saw it at Crawley Down in Sussex, where 
I had never seen it before, although I have been to the same 
place at the right time for at least the last ten years. I also took 
the insect in fair numbers at Mayfield in Sussex. The dates of 
appearance were normal. P. egeria (egerides) has also been fairly 
abundant in its more or less restricted haunts. I took it in 
Devonshire in June, and again on the Chilterns in August, which 
dates also are quite usual. Hpinephele tithonus has also shown 
up well this season. It was on the wing for along time. The 
