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high up (Bairstow), abundant about the hollies on the north side of 

 Epping Thicks (Elstowe), flying over holly-bushes near Beaulieu 

 (Rowland-Brown), and in the holly-lanes throughout the Hall Green 

 and Yardley districts, whilst it swarms among the hollies of Sutton 

 Park (Imms); it flies over the hollies at Forest Eow (Turner), and over 

 the variegated hollies in a garden at Bidborough (Shepheard-Walwyn), 

 and so on. At Allesley it is very partial to both holly and ivy, but 

 is also fond of settling on Portugal laurel, rhododendron, and other 

 evergreens, the species being particularly abundant in the gardens 

 where these abound (Bree) ; it was also observed flying commonly 

 around hollies and rhododendrons in the grounds of Dolf organ, Kerry 

 (Tetley) ; is fond of settling on bushes of Portugal laurel and rhodo- 

 dendron in the garden at Hazeleigh (Raynor); also on the same plants 

 at Cockington (Tutt) ; observed flitting commonly over bushes covered 

 with clematis at Folkestone, in August, 1860 (Fereday), and over tall 

 clematis-covered bushes near the baths at Digne in August, 1906 

 (Tutt). The butterfly has also been noted as abundant, flying over the 

 bushes in a meadow on the Leuk side of the Pfynwald (Postans); 

 flying freely over the flowering genistas and cistus on a waste piece of 

 ground by the edge of a pinewood at Carqueiranne, and, indeed, over 

 all the bush-covered slopes of the Hyeres district (Tutt); observed 

 flying around plane-trees in June, 1901, at Suda Bay, Crete (T. B. 

 Fletcher); was observed in profusion flying around bay-trees in the 

 Cascine district of Florence (Kowland-Brown), whilst we ourselves 

 have seen it similarly flying over the tall bay- trees and laurustinus 

 bushes at Torquay, and, after circling round the oaks, rest in the sun 

 on the rhododendron leaves at Cockington. We have already noted 

 its occasional abundance on the ivy-clad walls of Bochester Castle. 

 It is similarly noted as flying in profusion on the ivied walls of 

 Conway Castle (Harding); and as especially abundant in September, 

 1900, flying about the tall ivy-covered walls at Pevensey, at Hurst- 

 monceux, in the afternoon sunshine, as well as about the patches 

 of ivy in the town of Eastbourne (Adkin) ; also very abundant 

 on the ivy covering the ruined walls of Brambletye Castle, near 

 Forest Row (Blaber); swarmed in August, 1876, on an ivy-hedge 

 bordering a wood at St. Austell (Hodge). It was also observed flying 

 abundantly about the Berheris shrubs at Gallipoli (Mathew). We have 

 already noted how, on some occasions, it is attracted to flowers, and, as 

 bearing on the instance already noted, of many of these butterflies being 

 attracted to the lovely blue flowers of Ceanothus, it would appear 

 that blue is particularly attractive to O. argiolus, for we have ourselves 

 more than once observed it in the wood-clearings hovering over and 

 settling on the bluebell flowers at Cuxton and Chattenden, whilst 

 Whittle notes one as toying with a wild hyacinth at Eastwood, and 

 Thornewill says that it frequently settles on the blossoms of wild 

 hyacinth at Burton-on-Trent, etc., whilst Baynor notes a $ attracted 

 to flowers of borage, on June 13th, 1905, at Hazeleigh. We have 

 also observed the spring specimens flying over and settling on 

 the sloe-blossom at Digne, and Rovland-Brown records it as 

 flying about the elder-flowers between Tattone and Vizzavona. 

 At Digne and at Torre Pellice, in the autumn, the most attrac- 

 tive blossom is Ewpatorium cannabinum, which Prideaux also notes 

 as being attractive to the autumnal imagines near Carisbrooke. 



