34 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 
shed and the Mangerton River watershed. The contours to the south 
of it are crowded, only 200 yards separates the 600 and 700 feet con- 
tours. An average gradient of lin 6. This piece of ground is a col- 
lector’s paradise. It is a rough, marshy piece of ground, with occa- 
sional peeps of Gault on the surface, scored with deep, very narrow, 
and very small valleys, with a fan of detritus at the end, oozy and 
messy, but quite safe. I have described the vegetation elsewhere, but 
when I stepped on to it first I looked at it, and “ Gault by all that’s 
wonderful,’ I thought. It had not oceurrod to me that I might strike 
Gault at over 600 feet. Altogether I paid three visits to this locality, 
and the result of seven to eight hours netting is as follows :— 
Melitaea aurinia.— Fairly abundant. The 9? s especially tend to ab. 
praeclara, Tutt. A nicely banded g that fell to Mr. Male’s net 
was handed over tome. Mr. Male told me he had repeatedly searched 
this piece of ground for aurinia without success. 
Brenthis euphrosyne.—Not common, very worn, and obviously over. 
Brenthis selene.—VYery common, very fresh, very fine and deep 
colour. I obtained a g with large white spot in the tornal angle of 
each hindwing. 
Callophrys rubi.—Not very common, and getting very worn. 
Polyonmatus icarus.—Fairly common, and a strong silvery-blue, 
not unlike the Irish form. 
Rumicia phlaeas—Not common, but very fine. A specimen taken 
by my wife is a fine aberration lacking the terminal copper band to 
the hindwings. 
Hamearis (Nemeobius) lucina.—Not common, but curious in its 
habits. There is a plentiful growth of primrose there, and the 
eminences between the valleys are dotted with hazel, very stunted 
bushes. The lucina sat upon these and also in some numbers on the 
bracken scattered about, indulging in warfare with passing ‘“‘ skippers ”’ 
and ‘“‘blues.’’ Previously I have only seen it in woodland. 
Hesperia malvae.—Very common, but I did not take any. 
Nisoniades tages.—Plentiful, but worn. 
Augiades sylvanus.—Swarmed every where, but especially in the 
lane between Mount Pleasant and Drake North. It was, however, 
sufficiently abundant at Drake North itself to be very pronouncedly 
in evidence. 
Pararge megera.—Present, but not very common. 
Coenonympha pamphilus.—Present and abundant. 
Pieris rapae.—Present, but I did not see P. napi nor Euchloé. 
cardamines. 
Thirteen species of butterflies to be met with at one and the 
same time in an area of about 200 aeres. 
Parasemia plantaginis.—A single specimen; no doubt plentiful 
if worked for. Mr. Male tells me he has no knowledge of the previous 
capture of this insect in this particular district. It may have wan- 
dered from Higgardon, as it is abundant on some of the northern 
chalk downs of Dorset, but in my experience it is an insect of the 
chalk downs, and I have only met with itin the south on chalk and in 
Germany on limestone. 
Plusia iota.—This insect I found on the marshy ground. I pro- 
cured three and missed four; they are by no means easy to catch in 
