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mata Egerid) and the Wall Butterfly (Lasiommata 

 Megoera) are common, they also frequent the open 

 drives in the covers, and the latter, especially, may be 

 seen in the company of the Grayling (Hipparchia 

 Semele) on the Fore Down and on the adjoining 

 northern slope of the Tower Hill in the Park. 



The Meadow Brown (Hipparchia Janird), the Large 

 Heath (Hipparchia Tithomts), and the Ringlet (Hip- 

 parchia Hyperanthus) are three very common insects, 

 the two former frequenting the open Downs, the Park 

 and dry pastures generally, the latter woods and 

 hedgerows. Although the coloration in these three 

 species is anything but lively, one very remarkable 

 feature distinguishes the underside of the secondary 

 wings of Hipparchia Janira. The markings are, as 

 may be. expected, more or less distinct in different 

 individuals, but in some of the most highly favoured 

 in this respect, a curious observer may detect, without 

 the exercise of a very lively imagination, a tolerably 

 good profile of the first Lord Brougham ! Another 

 very common insect frequenting the Park, the Downs, 

 the Heaths and wastes generally, is the Small Heath 

 Butterfly (Ccenortympha Pamp/tilus), a plain buff- 

 coloured little species, much smaller than either of 

 those hitherto noticed in this paper. 



The White Admiral (Limenitis Sybilld), of which 

 we have captured half-a-dozen specimens only in as 

 many consecutive seasons, four in Padswood Copse 

 and two on West Harting Down, although not so 

 strikingly gay in coloration as many less rare species, 

 is no sooner seen on the wing than it is at once recog- 

 nized, far as the eye can distinguish it, by the ex- 

 perienced collector, its easy, graceful flight, as it 

 appears to glide hawk-like, without an effort, through 

 the sunny glades in the copse wood, is so unlike that 

 of our other native species. 



The high soaring Purple Emperor (Apatura Iris) is 

 a noble looking insect, most difficult under ordinary 



