20 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



la Bourboule. Contrary to the writer's previous experience of these 

 larvae (British or Swiss), a lax'ge proportion proved to be ichneu- 

 moned. This tendency hereabouts Guillemot thinks worth remark 

 in his Catalogue. Oak bushes were examined and tapped in the 

 hopes of finding other Theclid larvae, but in vain ; indeed, the 

 astonishing freedom of this and other foliage from larval attacks of 

 any sort, past or present, was very noticeable, especially when the 

 recent aspect of the Kentish woodland and the ravages of larvse 

 therein was remembered. 



Aporia cratagi. — First specimen, 13th ; several seen, 19th. 



Pieris brassicce, P. rapm, and P. napi. — All fairly common. No 

 tendency towards the var. hryonice female of the last-named species 

 was detected. 



Euchloe cardamines. — Male, July 8th ; one female, 14th. Both 

 in good condition. 



Golias liyale. — One specimen only, 8th. 



G. edusa. — Not rare throughout the month, usually in poor 

 condition. 



BrentJiis euphrosyne. — Pretty common though never abundant in 

 the beautiful beech-woods on the south-west side of the town. 



B. selene. — Barer, but in fresher condition, 14th and 21st. 



B. ino. — One only, a fresh male, in a damp meadow by the Dor- 

 dogne, on the way to St. Sauves, 19th. 



Melitcea parthenie. — A few very fresh examples on the 8th 

 and 21st. 



M. athalia. — Not common and, singularly enough, less fresh in 

 appearance than the last- mentioned species. 



M. dictynna. — One male, 19th. 



Pyrameis cardui.— One wasted specimen, 8th. 



P. atalanta. — One, 21st. 



Aglais urticcB. — A few fresh imagines ; larvffi plentiful. 



Pararge mcBra. — Here and there on rocky roads west of the town. 

 The examples taken are slightly under-sized, and the markings in- 

 clined towards, though not quite corresponding to, the var. adrasta. 



Epinephile ianira. — One specimen, 18th. 



Erehia stygne. — The only Erebia met with, wath the exception of 

 one wasted E. cassiope from the Charlanne Forest, on the 26th. 

 E. stygne was fairly common, especially on the St. Sauves road ; 

 only males were observed, all in very fresh condition. 



Cc&nonympha j^atnjjhilus. — Common everywhere. 



C. arcania. — One specimen, 21st, Charlanne Forest. 



The above list could no doubt be largely augmented by an 

 active entomologist in a more favourable season ; at the same 

 time the comparative scarcity in numbers of even the commonest 

 species seen during the (all too rare) intervals of really warm 

 sunshine hardly point to the district being a very rich one, 

 though possibly a later period in the summer would prove to be 

 a better time for visiting it. 



From the point of view of scenery, the place offers a very 

 charming variety in all directions. 



Brasted Chart, Kent. 



