SOME NOTES ON CAMPTOGRAMMA FLUVIATA. 281 



Apatnra iris. — About the third week of July, my brother brought 

 us a wing ( <? ) of this species found in his garden, on the lawn, and 

 informed us that he had seen one ily past him. On August 19th, he 

 saw a worn J flying about a willow, also in his garden, which may 

 have been ovipositing. Unfortunately, we shall not be able to search 

 for larvae there next year, as he is changing his residence. 



Dryas paphia. — July 24:th-August 9th and August 29th. The <? s 

 as common and as ragged as usual. A very few 2 s seen. 



Epinephele tithonus. — August 6th. Only one 3' seen, at Llandogo. 



Hipparchia seniele. — August 8lh. As I was passing by a thistle, in 

 a field at Tintern, I noticed one of these butterflies (a ^ ) drop, rather 

 than fly down from it, on to a dry patch of cow-dung lying by the side. 

 This is the only one we have seen in the neighbourhood, and are rather 

 surprised at not having met with more, as there are plenty of suitable- 

 looking spots on the hills around where one would expect to find them. 



Aynades corydon. — August 11th. One 3^ at Tintern, already 

 noted in the Ent. Record, p. 241. 



Engonia polychloros. — August 29th. One was found by my father 

 in the house, fluttering on a window. 



My best record for one day was on August 6th, when I noted 

 seventeen species, namely : — Augiades sylvmuis, Adopaea flava, Rumicia 

 phlaeas, Folyomiiiatus icariis, Bithys qxierciis, Stryinon tv-albiun, Pieris 

 brassicae, P. rapae, P. napi, Oonepteryx rhainni, Vanessa io, Aglai& 

 urticae, Polygonia c-album, Pyraineis cardui, Epinephele jiirtina, E. 

 tithonus, and Enodia hyperanthus. 



Some notes on Camptogramma fluviata with descriptions of new 



aberrations. 



By Paymaster-in- Chief GEE VASE F. MAT HEW, E.N., F.E.S. 



This species never appears to be abundant anywhere — one never 

 hears of its capture in any numbers — only a stray one now and again 

 turns up in widely separated localities, and at no fixed time of the 

 year. Is it sluggish in its habits ? Does it dislike to fly ? One 

 W'Ould think not, for it has been taken occasionally at light, and the 

 first I ever met with, a male, was disturbed out of a bed of wild 

 peppermint growing in one of the hollows on Braunton Burrows, 

 North Devon, and flew ofl' at a good pace, and I had to run to catch it. 

 This was as long ago as August 25 th, 1857, and, on July 23rd, the 

 following year, one of my brothers caught a male at Croyde, a few 

 miles from Braunton, but I have no record as to whether it was taken 

 by day or night, sitting or flying. A good many years elapsed before 

 I met with it again, for it was not until July 21th, 1901, that I took 

 a male, at night, on some reeds, in a reed-bed near Dovercourt ; on 

 September 22nd, 1903, I boxed a pair, in cop., about midnight, sitting 

 on a barbed wire fence facing the sea, near Harwich ; and, on October 

 12th, 1904, I took a fine fresh female at rest, by day, on a wall in 

 High Street, Dovercourt, and kept her for eggs, but she died without 

 depositing any, so I fancy she had never paired, as she w'as in such 

 fine condition when captured. 



The female of the pair taken in cop. on September 22nd, 1903, 

 was kept tor eggs, and confined in a chip-box with some fibres of tow^ 

 and fed on syrup placed on a little piece of sponge, and, in the course 



