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spicuous by their absence. I saw two hybernated specimens of V. io 

 on April 19th, but not a single V. atalanta or V. cardui, though I 

 heard of V. atalanta being seen. Of course Epinephele ianira and 

 E. tithoniis were in profusion, and Satyrus (H.) semele was to be 

 obtained in some numbers about the end of July. Aphantopus (H.) 

 hyperanthus was as common as E. ianira about the third week in July; 

 and Coeiionijmpha paniphlliis was as usual too abundant to be pleasant. 

 Paranje (S.) vicycEra was common in August, and P. eyerides was to be 

 taken in the middle of May, and again in the middle of August. 

 Many of the Lyctenidfe were in the utmost profusion, notably Thecla 

 riibi, from May 12th till June 6th ; Lycccna icariis, of course more 

 than once ; L. adonis during the latter half of May and again towards 

 the end of August ; L. curydon from July 20th to August 8rd ; L. 

 argiolm from May 1st to the 23rd, and again at the end of July; and 

 Chrysophanus phlmas in the middle of May, in the middle of July, and 

 again in the middle of August, one being seen as late as September 

 the 29th. All the above Lycfenidas were very abundant, but others 

 occurred also. Though I have not yet succeeded in finding either 

 Thecla w-albinn or T. quercus here, a friend sent me some pupae of 

 both these species, and I have got a fine series of each. L. (Bgon must 

 abound somewhere here, but I have hitherto only found one or two 

 specimens at a time, and it has been the same with L. ayestis. L. 

 minima (alsus) was quite plentiful towards the end of June and up to 

 the middle of July, but was not in such numbers as cor y don, adonis, 

 icariis, or arrjiolus. An enthusiastic entomologist called on me one day 

 (July 15th), and. in return for the meagre information I could give 

 him as to this locality, he most generously gave me two fine specimens 

 of L. avion, caught during the previous week in Cornwall. The second 

 event of the season for me has been the successful rearing of Nemeobiits 

 lucina to the pupal stage. This insect is found near here in some 

 numbers, and from May 15th to the 29th I took a fair quantity, being 

 fortunate enough to secure a male and female in coitti. I placed the 

 female in a cylinder with a primrose-root, and got a large batch of 

 ova. The larvae appeared on June 4th, and began to pupate on 

 July 8th. I wondered whether the imagines would emerge this year, 

 seeing that the pupae were somewhat early ; but none of those I kept 

 have done so, nor can I hear of the emergence of any that I sent away 

 to friends. Of the Hesperidae, I have taken five : — Thanaos tages and 

 Syrichthus malva in May and the early part of June ; Hesperia sylvanus 

 in June and July ; H. thaumas and H. comma in July. The very 

 interesting article in this month's ' Entomologist ' (xxxiv. 325-328) on 

 the "Life-history of H. comma," has led me to hope that I may breed 

 some next year. 



So much for the Diurni, to which, as I said before, I have paid 

 most attention, though I feel sure I have not yet exhausted the species 

 to be found in our neighbourhood. 'T, quercus and probably T. tv-albicni 

 occur somewhere in the district, and Melanaryia galatea must be about 

 also ; in fact, I have been told of its capture, though I could not 

 ascertain the precise locality. 



What I have done among the Nocturni has been chiefly breeding 

 from ova or larvae sent me by friends. I tried sugaring to a limited 

 extent in August, but, like your correspondent, Mr. A. J. Lawrence, of 



