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Burnet (Zyyana filipendula) and the Cinnabar 

 (Euchelia Jacobeie] flash in the sun. Why does not 

 its relative the Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha Dominula} 

 occur here too ? Nay more, why irill it not occur, 

 wheii every provision is made for it ? At St. 

 Margaret's Bay on the other side of the South Fore- 

 land, it swarms by thousands, feeding on every 

 possible kind of plant ; everyone of those plants is 

 abundant on the Warren, many scores of caterpillars 

 and imagos have been turned loose there, but no 

 Dominula has ever been bred from them. Why not ? 



A little earlier, and we should find a few specimens 

 of the exquisite little Lace-border (Acidalia ornata). 

 Moths and Butterflies and their larvae abound; 

 among the latter the Marbled White (Arge Galatltea), 

 the Grayling ( Hipparclna Semch'j, the Dark Green 

 Fritillary (Argnnnia Aglaia), a few of the Large 

 Tortoiseshell (Vanessa polychloros) with an occasional 

 Queen of Spain, a Carnberwell Beauty, or a Bath 

 White. In the years when it pleases Edusa to appear 

 it swarms all over this locality. 



Many a pleasant hunt have I had here after various 

 larvae, and I remember the time when I pounced 

 eagerly upon stragglers of the Oak Eggar and the 

 Drinker, and rarer specimens of the Emperor Moth. 

 Time and space would fail to tell you of all that 

 might be done on the Warren in the insect line ; I 

 hope some competent hand may yet be found to 

 devote a volume to its entomology. I will just give 

 you a list of a few of the " good things " that may be 

 taken here : On the flowers of Silsne nut-ana a few of 

 D. albimacula: flying around the bushes for about an 

 hour at dusk Acidalia strigilata ; at sugar the Sworfl* 



