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spots oil the underside of bcth sexes very strongly occellated, 

 particularly on the forewings. 

 L. icarus. — May ist. (May 12th). Plentiful and very fine, the 

 largest measuring 1.4, the largest 2 i-3, the latter varied greatly 

 as usual. 



L. argiolus.— April 15th; ? May igth. I took a fair series 

 but they were never plentiful, 2 to 3 being the utmost taken m 

 one day. 



P. phlseas. — April 2nd. (May 12th). Not common, a few speci- 

 mens only taken. 



M. cinxia. — April 28th. Really abundant, swarmed all through 

 May on cliffs, meadows, and marshes alike. The larvae were in 

 great numbers all over the cliffs and golf links feeding on plan- 

 tains. We took and bred a very fine series. Not so green as 

 specimens from North of France. 



M. phoebe. — ^May ist. Only two really good specimens taken, but 

 possibly some were overlooked on the wing as Cinxia. 



M. parthenie. — May 25th. A fine form, very bright in colour and 

 the black markings much reduced, the $ as large as 1.6, and they 

 vary considerably in tlie extent and depth of the black markings. 

 Unfortunately having no collection or book with coloured plates 

 with me for reference I took this to be a bright form of Aflialia 

 so took but a short series. Mr. Kane kindly named it for me 

 after my return. It occurred in a damp marshy spot wherd there 

 was a rank growth of grasses, rushes, and " mare's tail," etc , with 

 flowers. 



A selene. - May 7th. (June 3rd). Not common, I took a short 

 series of (j" only ; chiefly at the end of May. They were large and 

 very rich m colour, all about 1.75, both larger and darker in 

 colour than specimens I have from Vigo taken in July. 



A. dia. — March 19th. A solitary specimen was taken at the above 

 date, but it became fairly plentiful from middle to end of April. 

 The best day's bag was 11 after spending several hours in the 

 best spot we could find for it, on the side of a steep hill covered 

 with gorse, and occasional open sandy patches with heath, violet, 

 and Lithospevmim rostratum growing on them. This species 

 w^as very swift and strong on t'ne wing for its size compared with 

 the rest of its genus. 



V. polychloros. — March 23rd. One worn specimen. 



V. urticae. — Fresh specimen, June 9th. (Hybernated to April). A 

 few hybernated and a few fresh specnnens. 



V. io. — A few hybernated specimens. 



