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watched them pursuing their airy courses — one minute soaring 

 around the summit of tlie tallest oak, the next descending to 

 the lowly bramble or honeysuckle. Owing to its strong flight, 

 and the conspicuous way in which the slightest scratch shows 

 on the dark surface of the wings, it was no easy matter to 

 secure a series of perfect specimens. 



Eeferring to the Purple Emperor {Apatara iris), the 

 author stated that, while searching for the larvie of the Puss 

 moth in a willow bed near the Queen's Bower Wood on the 

 17th July, he came upon the pupa of this rare insect 

 suspended from the under side of a leaf of Salix cinerea ; 

 and on a subsequent day the noble insect itself was seen 

 soaring high over the tops of the trees. Some days later he 

 was shown a pair (male and female), newly put on the setting- 

 boardj^vhich had been taken somewhere in the Brockenhurst 

 direction while feasting on carrion. The male was rather 

 ragged, but still full of the purple lustre so conspicuous in 

 fresh specimens. The female was perfect, and of large size. 



Among the other Diurni mentioned in the paper were 

 Gonejjteryx rha7nni, Leucopliasia sinapis, Pieris cratcegi, 

 TJiecla qucrcus, Lyccena u^gon, and Nemeohius lucina. 



Of the Nocturni seen, the most interesting, perliaps, were 

 two species of LifJiosia, or Footmen, viz., L. quadra and L. 

 helveola. The shining black pupse of the former were abundant 

 in crevices in the rough bark of old oaks, secured by very 

 slight silken webs; and the moths themselves were found 

 common enough at rest on the tree-trunks from the 19th of 

 the month onwards. The female with its orange-coloured 

 wings adorned with four blue black spots, is a conspicuous 

 insect, and presents quite a contrast to the male clad in 

 pearly grey. L. helveola, which is a good insect, was 

 taken in some abundance by beating the lower branches of 

 beeches. The pretty Euthemonia russida (Buff Tiger) was 

 tolerably plentiful in open heathy places, and in walldng 

 over such ground the male was often started. The female, 

 which is — contrary to the general rule among Lepi- 

 doptera — smaller than the male, was, as usual, much less 

 frequently seen. While speaking of the "Tigers," the 

 following incident w^as narrated. From eggs of the common 



