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Speaking for himself, he had spent his holiday at Eastbourne, 

 chiefly on the chalk downs to the west of the town, and was in that 

 neighbourhood on the week-ends of August 6th, 13th, 20th, and 

 27th, and continuously from September 7th to October 6th. The 

 downs were by no means so much burnt up as he expected to find 

 them, but what struck him most was the way in which the butter- 

 flies were distributed all over them ; as a rule one expected to find 

 most of the usual species commonly only in the sheltered spots, 

 but this summer they appeared to have wandered from their 

 retreats and spread themselves all over the downs, numbers flitting 

 about even upon the highest and most exposed parts. Another 

 interesting point was the abundance of some species and the 

 apparent scarcity of others that one usually expected to find 

 commonly. 



Naturall}^ on these chalk downs the " Blues " are a strong 

 feature. Aifriadea coridon was in full force from August 6th, and 

 had probably even then been on the wing for some time, until mid- 

 September. A. thetis (beUart/iis) was first seen on the same date, 

 and on August 7th several males were met with, and like A. coridon 

 was missed about September 15th, whereas in 1910 it was not 

 found until August 21st, and even so late. as the first week in 

 October a few examples in fairly fresh order were seen. Polyoinmatus 

 icarus was commonly met with during the whole period, a fresh 

 emergence of small numbers taking place about September 15th. 

 No Celastrina ar<iiolns were seen on the wing, and a search for 

 the larva on September 9th produced about six individuals, which 

 pupated within a couple of days of that date. Further search 

 proved fruitless, all evidently having pupated, although it was quite 

 clear from their attacks upon the ivy flower-buds that they had 

 been very common earlier. In 1910 an imago was on the wing on 

 September 15th, and larvte were found in all stages well into 

 October. A careful search was made for a second emergence of 

 Citpidi) )niniiiiiis in its favourite haunts on several occasions about 

 the middle of August and early in September, but without success ; 

 possibly the search may have been commenced too late in the 

 season. 



fiirnicia pldicas and (Jienomjnijdia paDip/iilus were both very 

 abundant, the former especially being much more so than usual ; 

 both appeared to have a succession of broods, and odd specimens of 

 each were met with right up to the first week in October, possibly 

 they may have continued even later. Kpinephele jnrtina {ianira) 

 and Hipparchia [Satyms) setnele were both quite as common as 



