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complete list of the local Rhopalocera, and to add one or two 
notes. My list of captures on the Rock itself is as follows :— 
Papilio machaon, Thais rumina, Euchloe belemia, E. ausonia, E. 
euphenoides, E. tagis, Pieris daplidice, P. brassice, P. rape, 
Colias edusa and var. helice, Gonepteryx cleopatra, Vanessa atalanta, 
V. cardwi, Hipparchia fidia, Satyrus megera, S. egeria, S. janira, 
S. ida, Lycena argiolus, L. alexis, L. agestis, L. beticus, Polyom- 
matus phleas and var. eleus, Thestor ballus, Thecla rubi, T’. ilicis, 
Spilothyrus alcee, S. althee, and Hesperia proto. In addition to 
these, I have taken the following in the surrounding country :— 
Leucophasia sinapis, Anthocharis cardamines, Gonepteryx rhamni, 
Hipparchia  statilinus, Satyrus pasiphae, Cononympha dorus, 
Lycena melanops, Thecla roboris, T’. quercus, Hesperia alvee, H. 
sao, H. nostrodamus, H. acteon, and H. lineola. I have never 
seen Pieris napi nor Vanessa polychloros. The male of Lycena 
alexis has very frequently a marginal row of small black dots on 
the upper side of the hind wings. Var. eleus has frequently a 
row, more or less indistinct, of purple spots between the base and 
the marginal copper band on the hind wings, reminding one of 
the white spots in termattensis. The under side of L. agestis is 
of a rich burnt-sienna colour, instead of the usual grayish brown. 
The hunting season begins about February 18th, when, if the 
season is fine, 7’. rwnina and E. belemia begin to appear, followed 
at the end of the month by 7. rubi; but April, May, and June 
are the most profitable months. Almost the last to appear is H. 
fidia, quite at the end of June. Before the middle of July all 
herbage is burnt to one uniform brown colour, and the chase 
comes to an end. Some few stragglers (notably P. nostradamus) 
linger on in the greener spots till the end of September, and of 
course some live through the winter. Heterocera are scarce. 
Sugaring was an utter failure and attended with difficulties, as 
the only place available for the purpose is the public garden, 
which at night bristles with sentries, to whom of course an 
entomologist fully equipped with lantern, &c., is an object of 
grave suspicion. The great abundance of ants, too, rendered the 
sugaring of the trees useless. The mixture was frequently one 
mass of ants when I visited the trees treated with it. Macroglossa 
stellatarum may be seen all the year round exploring the crevices 
of the rocks, and often the cracks in the wood-work within doors, 
with its proboscis. When doing so it is said locally to be looking 
