52 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
trunk, a cocoon of Huprectis (Liparis) similis (auriflua) and a larva just 
spinning up. Another cocoon of LH. similis (auriflua) was found, which 
was full of the cocoons of an ichneumon fly, Microgaster connexus, 
which emerged in August. A pretty little grey orb-weaving spider 
(Meta merianoé), was also found sitting on its cocoon of eggs, on a 
willow trunk, where it remained for some weeks. Hpinepheie jurtina 
and Aphantopus hyperantus 3s were in fair numbers, but only one 3 
Polyommatus tcarus was seen, and one g Dryas paphia. 
On July 19th I visited a colony of Huproctis (P.) chrysorrhoea at 
Beachy Head, and found the clump of blackthorns eaten bare of leaves, 
exposing to view a large number of winter hibernating nests. I was 
not surprised at this, as when | visited the spot on July 7th, 1915, the 
bushes and elder trees were nothing but a mass of cocoons, and the 
imagines were emerging everywhere and drying their wings, while 
others were busily laying their ova on blackthorn leaves and branches, 
nettles and elder leaves. Later it was quite easy to find the batches 
of fur-covered ova by the dozen, and it was obvious that if all the ova 
hatched the larve would be starved in the following season. The 
imagines were fine large insects, and some gs and 9s had the black 
spots which are occasionally to be found on their otherwise white wings, 
very well developed. ‘To return to 1916, it was only too obvious that 
after the bushes had been eaten bare starvation had followed, as was 
the case at Newhaven, which I recorded some years ago. On one or 
two of the winter hibernating nests I saw half fed larve resting, and in 
a very weak state. On a later visit 1 found some imagines emerged, 
very undersized, and a number killed by spiders and wound round with ¢ 
their silk. 
-On July 21st a specimen of Aglais urticae was sunning on a watered 
road, and at Abbot’s Wood Cymatophora duplaris, rather worn, was 
found at rest on a willow trunk, also a pupa of P. monacha and two 
cocoons of Cerura furcula. A banded specimen of Ptychopoda aversata 
was at rest on a leaf, and a freshly emerged 9 FE. similis (auriflua) 
resting on an oak trunk. 
On July 28rd, at Abbott’s Wood, a freshly emerged g Cleora 
lichenavia was at rest on an oak trunk. One Dryas paphia was seen, 
but no P. icarus, and only a few H. yurtina and A. hyperantus. 
On July 27th, a visit was paid to the Downs for Hremobia ochro- 
leuca, but not one specimen was seen. A’schna grandis was hawking 
up and down, anda 3 dArgynnis aglaia followed a zig-zag course along 
a bank covered with flowers of the greater knapweed, over which it 
occasionally hovered, but on which it did not settle; then it went for 
a flight over a field of waving corn, settling occasionally on a tall 
thistle in the middle of the field, then returning to the great knap- 
weed bank. This it continued to do all the afternoon, and it had eyi- 
dently made this spot its playground. On one of its trips it was 
attacked by an Aglais urticae, which however it ignored. Zygaena 
filipendulae were fully out in two colonies, and were very busily engaged 
in finding mates in the warm sunshine. I found a number of torn 
cocoons from which the pupz had been extracted by some enemy. 
The season for butterflies was very late, no Melanargia galathea were 
out, and I only saw one P. napi, one P. icarus, and three Agriades 
cortdon. ‘ 
- On the 28th a visit was made to Newhaven, to see if the colony of 
