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one male, quite fresh. Pieris brassiccB and P. rapes, abundant. 

 P. napi, one female only. Aglais (Vanessa) urticce, very common. 

 Vanessa polychloros, V. io, and Pyrameis atalanta, single speci- 

 mens of each. P. cardui, common. Pararge megcera, a few of 

 the second brood ; just emerging. Eyinephele ianira and E. 

 tithonus, abundant, but worn and tattered. Lyccena astrarche, 

 one. L. icar7(s, several on grassy patches, but none on the 

 lucerne. Hesperia tkaumas (linea), a few, very worn, along the 

 cliffs. I netted all I saw in hopes of lincola, which occurs here, 

 but they were all thaumas. Anthrocera fiUpendidce, one colony, 

 about half-way down the cliffs. Spilarctia menthastri, one larva. 

 Bryophila perla, one, on a gate-post in the town. Eremohia 

 ochroleuca, two, both at rest on flower-heads. Hadena irifolii, 

 one, flying round the lucerne in the sunshine. Plusia gamma, 

 absolutely in thousands round the lucerne. Strenia clathrata, a 

 few along the cliffs. Euholia limitata, common amongst mallow. 

 E. hipunctaria, one only. 



On August 14th I went out along the cliffs again. It was 

 beautifully bright and hot, but a strong easterly breeze, which 

 got up in the afternoon, could well have been dispensed with 

 from a collecting point of view. Colias hyale and C. edusa were 

 again abundant in the lucerne fields, the latter being now more 

 plentiful. Of C. hyale I took a very nice white female. Pieris 

 brassic(e and P. rapce, common ; full-fed larvae and pupae of 

 P. 7'ap(S. Aglais urticce, a few ; several chrysalids near nettles. 

 Pyrameis cardui, common. P. atalanta, several full-fed larvae on 

 nettle. The larva spins a leaf together lengthwise and pupates 

 inside it. E. ia^iira and tithonus, common, but very worn. 

 L. icarus, common; one "dwarf" specimen. Chrysophanus 

 phlceas, one only. M. stellatarum, one, on lucerne. Porthesia 

 siniilis (aiiriflua), several settled on leaves at the bottoms of 

 hedges. Plusia gamma, abundant on the lucerne. Strenia 

 clathrata, common. Hepialus sylvanus, one, on a post in the 

 Dockyard. 



On August 16th I landed again with the net. It was beauti- 

 fully fine and bright, but there was a north-easterly breeze, 

 which was much too strong for the butterflies, and few were 

 about except in sheltered corners. Colias hyale and edusa, 

 abundant in the lucerne fields. Aglais urticte, only one butterfly, 

 but quantities of larvae of all ages. Vanessa polychloros, one at 

 rest under a hedge. Pararge megcera, common along the sunny 

 sides of hedges, out of the wind. E. ianira and tithonus, common 

 along hedges, but very worn. Coenonympha pamphilus, common. 

 Chrysophanus phlceas, one, very worn. Cyaniris {Lyccena) argiolus, 

 one worn male along a hedge. L. icarus, common. L. astrarche, 

 one. Smerinthus ocellatus, a fine larva on willow. Plusia gamma, 

 not nearly as plentiful as previously. It seems as if they had 

 dispersed or migrated. The difference in numbers was to-day 



