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intermedia. I also secured a pair of ab. cupreo-puncta. The colour 
of the normal types was very bright and deep copper. Callophrys 
rubi, L., was more than common, the first seen on April 30th quite 
freshly emerged. From this date on through May they were every- 
where, and it was quite a common occurrence to catch three or four 
in one stroke of the net. I secured a nice series of undersides, 
ranging from fully spotted on all wings to two ab. ceacus, and one 
specimen with ground-colour a dull brown green. Many had a few 
light brown scales towards anal angle of hind wings, and some few a 
thin obsolete line, orange colour, just inside the anal angle. Zephyrus 
quercus, L., was absolutely absent. I searched some well-known 
haunts, but did not see a single specimen. Celastrina argiolus, L., 
was very scarce. They are generally common in all the gardens 
here, but I only saw one male of first brood and about six, including 
one female, in second brood. Cupido mininus, Fuess4 was well out 
on the chalk at the end of May. I secured a good series on May 30th 
and June 2nd. They were very well scaled with blue. Unfortunately 
owing to distance | was unable to visit the ground during July or 
August, so cannot say whether there was a second brood or not, but 
owing to the heat all the food-plant was absolutely burnt up. Plebevus 
eyon, Schiff: both the chalk form, var. cretaceus, and the heather 
form are found near here. I could only have one day on the chalk 
downs, where var. cretaceus was out in great abundance, with many 
nice blue-marked females. I took a few of the beautiful form with 
well-marked orange-red lunules on all wings and blue wedges running 
up to the centre of hind wings. I also secured a few females without 
blue sealing, but a white line along the outer margin of hind wing 
between the spots and edge. The heather form was actually cbtained 
just outside Kent area in Sussex. I saw the first, a male, on June 
17th and caught eight. Between that date and the 23rd of the 
month they were very numerous and I secured a nice series, 
including one very blue female and one female of normal colour, but 
half of each wing light grey, the line sharply defined and quite 
symmetrical on both sides, the markings on undersides of wings 
showing clearly through the thin scaling. The fly was very early 
everywhere and absolutely normal in intensity of colouring. Agriades 
bellargus, Rott., was very early on the wing; I unfortunately missed 
the first brood, and only saw a few rags when I did visit their haunts. 
I kept a good look-out for second brood early and saw first a few 
males on August 4th. No females appeared till the 9th. The 
females of this brood were absolutely without any trace of blue 
scaling on any wings; they were all of a very dark blackish brown, 
with well-marked orange eyes on all wings. The eyes did not have 
any blue, but greyish-white markings near them. They in every 
way conformed with the type mentioned by Tutt as the normal form 
in hot, dry years. I last visited the ground on August 18th; they 
were then out in swarms, but practically all confined to a small 
corner in one field. Agriades corydon, Poda., was, like the rest, very 
early. Owing to an accident I was unable to visit the ground till 
July 18th; I then found them well out, many males showing wear, 
females few. They continued common till August 18th, but were 
absolute rags by that date. I found a good range of variation, 
