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Smugglers' Lane, on to the footpath which runs between the rail 

 and sea for a mile and a half to Teignmouth. 



Trips inland I did not take, although I believe there are extensive 

 areas of open land, woods, etc., which are good collecting grounds, 

 such as Haldon. Anyone staying at Dawlish is within easy reach 

 of various well-known and interesting places. Exmouth and Exeter 

 are readily visited. One can make day trips to Torquay, Dartmouth, 

 Totnes, and the trip down the Dart at high water is an outing 

 which should undoubtedly not be omitted. Even a portion of 

 Dartmoor may be included in the explorations of an active ento- 

 mologist. 



Nymphalid^. 



Dryas paphia, one or two worn specimens. 



Argynnis aglaia ; I caught a momentary glance of one example. 



Vanessa z'o, Pyrameis cardui, and Pyrameis atalatita were fairly 

 common in one place at valerian bloom on walls bordering gardens, 

 and almost out of reach of the net. 



Aglais urtica. fairly common. Numerous pupae were found on 

 walls in the town, and along the footpath on the railway-containing 

 wall towards Teignmouth a considerable number of pupae were 

 taken hanging on the rough weather-beaten dark granite blocks. 

 The larvae fed on the railway bank or cliffs crawled across the railway, 

 up the dividing wall on to the sea face bordering the path, and 

 pupated in the full glare of the sun. None of those, however, 

 produced imagines, although several were alive when taken. Some 

 were tenanted by Chalcids. 



Eugonia polychloros ; one seen sitting on a post with P. atalnnta 

 two inches above it, both flapping their wings, and well protected 

 by a projecting bolt and adjoining barbed wire. However, E. 

 polychloros entered an uninjured net. 



SATYRIDiE. 



Pararge megce.ra ; a few seen, no doubt members of a second 

 brood. 



Epinephele ianira was also noted, but very worn. 



Ccenonympha pamphilus must, I think, be more or less continuous 

 brooded ; it was in some number. 



Pararge egeria ; one was noted, also no doubt of a second brood. 



Lyc/enid^. 



Chrysophanus phlcEas was worn. 



Polyommatiis icarus was fairly common, and P. astrarche. 



Cyaniris argiolus was everywhere most abundant. I scarcely 

 went out without seeing numbers. Most were females, and all were 

 much worn. Wherever there was ivy — and ivy occurred in every 

 lane — at intervals there was C. argiolus. 



Zephyrus quercus was also in numbers, but, of course, worn. 



