94 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



Epinephele jurtina, Fyronia tithonus, and Coenonymjiha patuphilus, 

 were feeding on thistles, and Caniptogramma bilineata was frequently 

 disturbed from the undergrowth. Plebeius aeyon were flying, some 

 worn, others fresh out, and I took a 9 underside ab. in which the 

 spots at anal angle of hindwings were formed into an arch, and a 3^ 

 underside ab. in which the two spots on the costal margins of hind- 

 wings were joined together, mailing a long blotch. Euinieia phlaeas 

 were out in numbers, and perfectly fresh. I took a number of specimens 

 suffused with blackish, two of which had the spots on both upper and 

 undersides of forewings radiated, I also took a pale coppery specimen, 

 and another with red band on the hindwing much reduced. Another 

 brood appeared in September, in which the spots on the forewmgs 

 were very much reduced. Ripparchia se)i)ele was now out in abundance, 

 some worn, while others were quite fresh. I have never seen this 

 species so plentiful anywhere else, except at Swanage. It is a most 

 pugnacious species, driving off any butterfly that comes near it, including 

 even specimens of AnjyiLnis aylaia. At this particular spot, there were 

 crowds of Sand Martins wheeling about all day long, leaving their 

 nesting holes, close by, and every time a bird came near where a fiemele 

 was resting on the ground, the butterfly flew up as if to drive the bird 

 .away. I found them very active in the morning sunshine, flying with 

 a Vanessid-like flight from flower to flower of the heath, or taking 

 flights over the sea. When alighting on a flower, and while feeding, 

 they keep their wings closed, after the manner of Colias edum, 0. hyale, 

 and G. rhamni. In the afternoon, they love to rest on paths or patches 

 of bare earth to sun themselves, with their wings closed and tilted at 

 an angle away from the sun, every now and then rising into the air 

 and indulging in mock combat with the individual next to them on 

 the path. I followed one path for at least two miles one afternoon, 

 and found specimens about every four or five feet along the whole 

 length of it. The majority work their way down into the clumps of 

 heath or heather to sleep, while others settle on the miniature cliffs of 

 yellow sand, with or without overhanging heather, and rest more or 

 less flat against the face of the sand ; others rest in the entrance to 

 rabbit burrows, in fact, their resting habits are very similar to those of 

 Gnophos nbscurata, which occurs on tbe same ground, and it was by 

 beating for the latter, in the early evening, that I discovered where the 

 former rested. G. ubscurata often owed its escape to the momentary 

 distraction caused by the scuffle and flight of H. seuiele. 



On the particular path mentioned above I watched a wood ant 

 carry off a $ P. aeyon, and a large ichneumon fly, which I have not 

 been able to identify yet, was common hunting for prey, and I also saw 

 .a " Tiger Beetle." 



On July 23rd I again visited the heath near Bournemouth, and 

 found a batch of Aylais urticae larvse feeding on nettles, which were ■ 

 quite small. P. aegon and R. phlaeas were sunning on rushes in the 

 late afternoon, and a specimen of Z. trifoUl, fresh out, was also resting 

 on a rush. A diligent search on two or three subsequent visits failed 

 to locate the colony. At 7.30 p.m. I located my first G. obscurata, a 

 melanic form at rest on a miniature cliff of yellow earth, where it was 

 quite conspicuous to anyone searching for insects, and I soon found a 

 number of others, and started others from the tufts of heather by 



