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  BRITISH 
  LEPIDOPTERA. 
  

  

  near 
  Tultscha 
  (Caradja) 
  ; 
  whilst 
  July 
  13th 
  is 
  recorded 
  for 
  Gothland 
  

   (Dahlboin). 
  Snellen 
  gives 
  May 
  and 
  July 
  in 
  the 
  Netherlands, 
  and 
  

   erroneously 
  notes 
  it 
  as 
  double-brooded; 
  Constant 
  also 
  makes 
  it 
  double- 
  

   brooded, 
  occurring 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  September 
  in 
  Saone-et-Loire. 
  Actual 
  

   dates 
  of 
  captures 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Continental 
  records 
  : 
  June 
  23rd, 
  

   1867, 
  at 
  Ziirichberg 
  (Dietrich) 
  ; 
  June 
  19th 
  to 
  July 
  11th, 
  1869, 
  at 
  

   Meseritz 
  (Zeller) 
  ; 
  July 
  5th, 
  30th, 
  1870, 
  at 
  Magnusholm 
  ; 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  

   at 
  Dreyclen 
  (Nolcken) 
  ; 
  singly 
  in 
  June, 
  near 
  Slivno 
  ; 
  July 
  23rd, 
  1903, 
  

   at 
  Lakab 
  (Rebel) 
  ; 
  July 
  9th, 
  1904, 
  at 
  Velthem 
  (Crombrugghe 
  de 
  

   Picquendaele). 
  British 
  records 
  : 
  June 
  19th, 
  1845, 
  in 
  Charlton 
  sand- 
  

   pit 
  (Douglas); 
  July 
  17th, 
  1862, 
  at 
  Castle 
  Eden 
  (Sang); 
  June, 
  1868, 
  

   at 
  Witherslack 
  (Hodgkinson) 
  ; 
  July, 
  1868, 
  near 
  Lewes 
  (Jenner) 
  ; 
  July 
  

   13th-15th, 
  1869, 
  at 
  Witherslack; 
  July 
  3rd, 
  1872, 
  in 
  very 
  fine 
  condition, 
  

   at 
  Witherslack 
  (Hodgkinson); 
  July 
  15th, 
  1878, 
  at 
  Witherslack 
  (Sang); 
  

   June 
  30th, 
  1883, 
  at 
  Witherslack 
  (Shuttleworth) 
  ; 
  July 
  18th-26th, 
  

   ? 
  1883, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  (Digby) 
  ; 
  July 
  7th-9th, 
  1883, 
  common 
  

   at 
  Dover 
  (Coverdaie) 
  ; 
  June 
  23rd, 
  1884, 
  at 
  Folkestone 
  (T. 
  H. 
  Briggs) 
  ; 
  

   June 
  23rd, 
  1884, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  (Bankes) 
  ; 
  imagines 
  common, 
  

   June 
  26th, 
  1884, 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  (Bower); 
  June 
  3rd- 
  July 
  10th, 
  1885, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  (Bankes) 
  ; 
  second 
  week 
  of 
  July, 
  1885, 
  at 
  Witherslack 
  

   (Hodgkinson) 
  ; 
  June 
  26th-July 
  13th, 
  1886, 
  July 
  12th, 
  1887, 
  in 
  the 
  

   Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  (Bankes); 
  July 
  14th, 
  1888, 
  on 
  Box 
  Hill 
  (T. 
  H. 
  Briggs); 
  

   July 
  21st, 
  1888, 
  at 
  Cuxton; 
  August 
  6th, 
  1888, 
  at 
  Kingsdown; 
  August 
  

   21st, 
  1888, 
  at 
  Folkestone; 
  July 
  7th, 
  1889, 
  at 
  Kingsdown, 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  

   June 
  22nd- 
  July 
  13th, 
  1889; 
  May 
  29th, 
  1890, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  

   (Bankes) 
  ; 
  June 
  14th, 
  1890, 
  at 
  Oxted 
  (Sheldon) 
  ; 
  iate 
  July 
  and 
  early 
  

   August, 
  1890, 
  at 
  St. 
  Margaret's 
  Bay, 
  and 
  at 
  Deal 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  July 
  7th, 
  

   1890, 
  at 
  Horsley 
  (Bishop); 
  July 
  20th, 
  1891, 
  at 
  St. 
  Margaret's 
  Bay 
  

   (Fenn) 
  ; 
  June 
  17th, 
  1891; 
  June 
  lOth-July 
  1st, 
  1892, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  

   Purbeck 
  (Bankes); 
  June 
  7th, 
  1893, 
  near 
  Carrickfergus 
  (Watts); 
  July 
  4th, 
  

   1893, 
  at 
  Shoreham, 
  Kent 
  (Bower) 
  ; 
  July 
  22nd, 
  1893, 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  (Tutt) 
  ; 
  

   June 
  28th, 
  1894, 
  at 
  Shoreham, 
  Kent; 
  July 
  8th, 
  1895, 
  at 
  Shoreham 
  

   (Bower); 
  June 
  19th- 
  July 
  7th, 
  1895, 
  at 
  Cuxton, 
  June 
  14th-23rd, 
  1896, 
  

   at 
  Cuxton 
  (Tutt); 
  June 
  12th-16th, 
  1896, 
  at 
  Witherslack 
  (Hodgkinson); 
  

   July 
  12th, 
  16th, 
  21st, 
  1^97, 
  at 
  Shoreham 
  (Bower); 
  June 
  3rd, 
  1898, 
  at 
  

   Chippenham 
  Fen 
  (N. 
  C. 
  Bothschild); 
  July 
  12th-21st, 
  1898, 
  at 
  Shoreham 
  , 
  

   Kent 
  (Bower); 
  end 
  of 
  July, 
  1900, 
  at 
  Marlow 
  (Clarke); 
  July 
  8th, 
  1902, 
  

   at 
  Shoreham, 
  Kent 
  (Bower); 
  July 
  16th, 
  1903, 
  at 
  Hesleden 
  (Harrison); 
  

   July 
  30th, 
  1904, 
  at 
  Cuxton 
  and 
  Hailing 
  (Ovenden) 
  ; 
  June 
  24th, 
  

   1905, 
  at 
  Reigate 
  (Sich) 
  ; 
  June 
  25th, 
  1905, 
  near 
  Hartlepool 
  (Bower) 
  ; 
  

   June 
  27th, 
  1905, 
  in 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck 
  (Bankes) 
  ; 
  July 
  5th-12th, 
  

   1905, 
  on 
  Reigate 
  Hill 
  (Chapman); 
  July 
  15th, 
  1905, 
  at 
  Clandon 
  (Sich); 
  

   June 
  24th, 
  1906, 
  at 
  Reigate 
  (Turner) 
  ; 
  June 
  16th, 
  1906, 
  near 
  Box 
  

   Hill; 
  July 
  14th, 
  1906, 
  at 
  Horsley 
  (Sich). 
  

  

  Habits. 
  — 
  This 
  active 
  little 
  species, 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  chalk-downs 
  

   running 
  from 
  Strood 
  to 
  Maidstone, 
  from 
  Kingsdown 
  to 
  Dover, 
  from 
  

   Folkestone 
  to 
  Dover, 
  through 
  Surrey, 
  on 
  the 
  Reigate 
  and 
  Boxhill 
  

   Downs, 
  and 
  similar 
  places, 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  see, 
  but, 
  once 
  recognised, 
  

   can 
  be 
  followed 
  up 
  without 
  trouble. 
  It 
  flits 
  nimbly 
  over 
  the 
  

   herbage, 
  taking 
  short 
  nights, 
  and 
  then 
  skipping 
  rapidly 
  off 
  again, 
  

   during 
  the 
  hot 
  afternoon 
  sun, 
  when 
  most 
  of 
  our 
  captures 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  ; 
  it 
  becomes, 
  however, 
  more 
  abundant 
  as 
  the 
  afternoon 
  draws 
  to 
  

   a 
  close, 
  and 
  one 
  can, 
  by 
  keeping 
  one's 
  eyes 
  well 
  down 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  

  

  