NOTES ON ENTOMOLOGY IN ENGLAND, 1916. 265 
May 20th.—To-day being brilliantly fine, in the morning I 
collected in the woods towards Wardour Castle from Tisbury, but I 
failed to find anything of interest there; in the afternoon I collected 
in private grounds at Fonthill Abbey, by the kind permission of the 
owner, and found Brenthis euphrosyne emerging in increasing numbers, 
and took one nice specimen of AH. lucina, quite fresh, in “ the valley,” 
together with a fine female of C. argiolus as it was ovipositing on a 
species of laurel bush. 
May 21st.—This afternoon I collected again at Fonthill Abbey, but 
added nothing fresh to my list except the first Rumicia phlaeas that I 
have seen on the wing this year; weather perfect. I also found 
another locality for H. Jucina in Fonthill Abbey woods in the clump of 
bushes round the two red and white maythorn bushes which grow 
together in one place at the narrow end of the lake. 
May 22nd.—Rain ; but I wasasked to inspect a fine grass snake, a 
yard in length, taken near Tisbury. I am told snakes are numerous 
at Bucksbury on the Downs above Sutton Row, and that adders are 
numerous in the bottoms at Dinton. Unfortunately this particular 
snake had been killed so clumsily that to preserve it properly would 
have affected the patience of any taxidermist. I have been much 
struck by the abundance of bird life in this district generally, Herons 
abound at Fonthill, wild Swans are seen flying across the downs, Jays 
and Wood-pigeons crowd the woods, and a couple of Goldfiches think 
it is quite correct to call sometimes at Tisbury Vicarage. Owls 
abound in the neighbourhood, and a Guillemot has before now been 
shot ow the downs at Fovant. Finches and Wagtails are numerous, 
and are certainly good judges of pretty country. 
May 23rd.—Collecting again at Fonthill Abbey I found Brenthis 
euphrosyne exceedingly abundant. H. lucina was out in increasing 
numbers, but nowhere abundant, and the males of Nisoniades tages were 
out fresh to-day. I forgot to mention that I first saw Hesperia malvae 
at Tisbury on May 17th, but to-day the species was abundant every- 
where in first rate condition. 
May 24th.— Empire Day. Between the festivities of Empire Day 
at Tisbury I managed to snatch an hour or two’s collecting at Fonthill 
Abbey. The females of B. euphrosyne were emerging to-day and I secured 
five in grand condition. Weather still perfect and spring broods above 
mentioned getting quite abundant. 
May 25th.—Rain. 
May 26th.—This afternoon collecting in the neighbourhood of Tis- 
bury mill, I observed the males of Polyommatus icarus and Coenonympha 
pamphilus amongst the butterflies, and Aypocrita jacobaeae and the 
Geometer Hulype hastata as first emergences of these species this 
season. The females of FH. cardamines are becoming much more 
abundant in grand condition. 
May 27th.—To-day at Fonthill Abbey I took a female of H. lucina, 
the first I have seen this season, together with a female of Hesperia 
malvae. The weather being thundery, insect life was generally quiet. 
May 29th.—After two days of thundery weather nothing fresh on 
the wing to-day. 
May 30th.—I collected this morning in Castle Ditches wood near 
Tisbury. People tell me that from the “Ditches” artificially made 
round the west end of this wood they fired from cannon, in the time of 
