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settling on nettles and thistles, the beautiful Vanessa 

 Urticce and V. Cardui may be seen. 



But give those elms a stroke or two with your beat- 

 ing-stick. Ah ! What is that green insect with large 

 brownish blotches on the front and hind wings ? 

 Catch it ! That is Pkorodesma bajularia ; the larvae 

 are case-makers, and feed on elm. The very scarce 

 Phorodesma smaragdaria also occurs this month in 

 open spots in woods among the yarrow (Achillea mil- 

 lefolium). 



Among oaks the beautiful Liparis monacha occurs ; 

 while among plantain in woods we shall find Phrag- 

 matobia fuliginosa ; and among sallows Orgyia gono- 

 stigma occurs. 



In meadows Satyrus Tithonus occurs abundantly, 

 while on chalky soils we shall find Satyrus Semele ; 

 and, soaring round the lofty oaks, we may see the prince 

 of British butterflies, Apatura Iris, now making wide 

 circles around the top of the tree, now alighting upon 

 some favourite twig, and anon darting down to the 

 margin of some pool of water for an instant, and as 

 quickly resuming his exalted station at the oak's sum- 

 mit, while the handsome Thecla Quercus bears him 

 company, like an attendant knight. 



Among willows Scoliopteryx libatrix occurs, while 

 on the licheny trunks of oaks Clear a lichenaria may 

 be found ; and among sycamores we shall obtain the 

 pretty Stigmonota Trauniana, while the larvae of 

 Tortrix viburnana may be found securely rolled up in 

 the sycamore's ample leaves, on which it feeds. 



Among elms, sheltered in the holes or crevices in 



