210 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



I cannot say, and my Berlin friends all differ. We at length 

 came to the edge of the lake, and a few each of S. aki/one, 

 S. semele, and a freshly emerged Vanessa j^olycJdoros were 

 netted. 



A steamer carries us across the lake, and in ten minutes we 

 are on the limestone hills, which remind one very much of our 

 Kentish or Sussex downs. Here the entire fauna is changed as 

 if by magic. Lyccena corydon, L. minima, Melanargia galatea, 

 Vanessa urticce, and E'pinej)hele jurtina seemed to be the only 

 butterflies about ; an occasional worn L. icarus was observed. 

 To make us appear more at home, Ortholitha {Eubolia) hipnnc- 

 taria, 0. (E.) limitata, and L. (M.) galiata are frequent. Burnets 

 are still common, and as three special species occur here, and 

 constitute our quarry, these are all netted for examination. 

 Z. purpuraUs seems to be the favourite here, and many are 

 netted and let go, until finally we are rewarded by the first 

 Z. achillce. It seems to be too early for this species, and there 

 are no signs of Z. carniolica and Z. ephialtes var. herolinensis ; 

 so we decide to shift our quarters. A fairly thick spinney 

 attracts our attention next, andwe beat patiently through it in 

 the hope of Geometrae, but nothing but Larentia bilineata rewards 

 our efforts. Sweeping the herbage at this point produces Sesia 

 ichneumoniformis in some numbers ; also a male of Malaco- 

 soma castrensis. Prothymnia viridaria is fairly common ; one 

 Emmelia trabealis and one Acontia luctuosa are netted, and 

 one Endrosa irrorella and Cybosia mesomella found at rest on 

 herbage. 



While my two companions are still engaged with S. iclineu- 

 1110711/01' mis, I discovered a deep dell in the hillside which had 

 escaped the scythe. A large " skipper " is flying about, which 

 proves to be Hesperia cartliami, and another is captured a few 

 minutes later ; and, the other two coming up, a systematic 

 search is made for it without further result. Shortly after this 

 the first Z. carniolica is secured, and other specimens are obtained 

 sparingly. Z. var. berolinensis is also found in a few odd speci- 

 mens, but it is evidently too early for these two species. It now 

 being nearly five o'clock, all our boxes being full to overflowing, 

 and we very tired and hungry, we decide to give up collecting for 

 the day, which for the writer of these notes, at least, had been a 

 very prolific one. 



As my bag of LyccBna avion had been confined to one speci- 

 men, and as I was very desirous of getting a long series of this 

 beautiful "blue," I decided to devote the following Sunday 

 (August 3rd) to a visit to Bernau, where I was told the insect 

 abounded. This is rather an awkward locality to reach, as after 

 leaving the train one has a good hour's walk through open corn- 

 fields before reaching the woods, and this is no fun when the sun 

 is doing his best. On the roadside few butterflies were in evi- 



