949 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
the two preceding I noted as observed about the beginning of 
April. 
I may here explain, in respect to my reference to the Cork 
Woods, that they are situated in Spain, about six miles from 
Gibraltar, and, unless I make special mention of any species 
occurring on the Rock, it may be understood that I have not 
noticed it there. 
About the second week in March I took Colias edusa, but I 
had also taken it in the Cork Woods the previous September, and 
that commonly ; also the variety helice, but I did not find it in 
any numbers. One of the most beautiful of the Rhopalocera, 
and also one of the commonest, both on the Rock and in the | 
Cork Woods, is Gonepteryx cleopatra, and I noted its appearance 
during the second week in March ; I also took it among the cork 
trees on the 16th September the previous year. Vanessa poly- 
chloros does not occur in abundance,—in fact I have never heard 
of its being observed there. I saw one during my stay, and only 
one, that being in the Cork Woods on the 16th June. The same 
remark may almost be made regarding V. atalanta and V. cardut. 
One or two of the former are generally to be observed either on 
the Rock or in the immediate neighbourhood, and I first noticed 
it upon the Rock about the second week in March, but also in 
the Cork Woods in September of the previous year. The latter 
I have found in about the same numbers as V. atalanta, but 
I never succeeded in capturing one on the Rock, as its swift 
flight, over difficult and dangerous ground, always enabled it to 
elude me. Among the Satyride I have noted Satyrus megera 
and S. egeria as occurring commonly. To the best of my 
remembrance they are found on the Rock, but unfortunately I 
did not take special note of their occurrence. Also the variety 
of S janira, viz., hispulla, is common there. Hipparchia fidia 
makes its appearance late ; I did not see it upon the Rock before 
the commencement of June. It is far from common, and I only 
saw it on the Rock, and not in the neighbourhood. I have a 
note of the capture of Hpinephele ida and EH. pasiphe on the dth 
June, they being species of common occurrence. In my local 
collection I have a specimen of Cenonympha dorus, which was 
given me by a brother officer, but I have never seen it alive, nor 
was it observed during my stay. About the commencement of 
March, in the Cork Woods, Thecla rubi may be seen commonly 
