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the winter indoors, and have even been known 

 to fly to lamp-light. 



5. Vanessa polychloros, Linn. Large Tortoiseshell. 



Rare. Taken by my father, August 7th, 1808, 

 April 1st, 1817, March 23rd, 24th, 1858 ; also by 

 myself in Sandhill's Copse, July 26th, 1870 ; 

 in the garden, March llth, 1871 ; in Sandhill's 

 Copse, August 19th, 1873; and in theCowleaze, 

 May llth, 1877. 



6. V. C -album, Linn. The Comma Butterfly. The 



following are my father's recorded captures of 

 this butterfly, which has totally disappeared 

 from the county of Dorset : October, 1807, 

 July 27th, 1808, September llth, Octo- 

 ber 3rd, 15th, 1811, August 25th, October 

 4th, 1814, May llth, 1815, March 31st, Oc- 

 tober 8th, 1816, in Park Lane ; also saw one 

 April 22nd, 1836. Its food plant, the hop, has 

 become very rare. 



1. Argynnis Paphia, Linn. Silver- striped Fritillary. 



Occasionally common in the woods from June 

 to August. 



2. A. Aglaia, Linn. Silver-spotted Fritillary. Very 



rare. A couple were taken by my father on 

 Newland Common, August llth, 1809, July 

 30th, 1814. 



3. A. Adippe, Fab. High Brown Fritillary. A single 



specimen only was taken by myself in Mullett's 

 Copse, July 25th, 1870. 



