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A. Adippe. — Same remarks apply. Once took a variety in Stubby Copse, 

 allied to Clevdoxa, but not in fine condition. Whitby, Yorkshire. 



A. Euphrosyne. — Park Hill and Stubby Copse, New Forest and West 

 Wickbam Wood, Surrey. Common May, July, and August. Has anybody 

 ever proved this double brooded in the strict sense of the term ? It is the 

 only Argynnis I ever saw in copula. I took two pairs in one day in May, 

 1875, and obtained ova as recommended by the late W. Buckler, by confin- 

 ing them under glass shade with living roots. They lived some time and 

 deposited a few ova per diem. They (the larvae) are retired in their habits 

 and easy to rear as long as the food is kept fresh. 



Vanessa C- album. — Two or three larvae on wych elm, near Tintern 

 Abbey, Monmouth. 



V. Polychloros.— Common, but local, as a larva ; rare as a perfect insect. 

 Various parts of the " virgin " forest, New Forest. 



V. Cardui. — July and August. Once bred from larva taken in a field 

 near Camden Town, London. 1868, also at Ilfracombe, &c. (common) ; 

 Southend (Essex) and Yarmouth (1879). 



Limenites Sibylla. — July and August ; fine condition about the middle 

 to end of July. New Forest. Shave green enclosure, M instead (a young 

 plantation), and the woods between Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst, on the side 

 of the road nearest Southampton Water, especially the two inclosures near 

 Clay Hill Hamlet, called Park Ground and Pond Head. Frequents bloom 

 of Rubus fruticosus, and also comes freely to sugar, especially on fir trees 

 even if put on the previous evening. A very pretty subject for breeding from 

 the larvae, which may be beaten by day from its food-plant, though I have 

 always found it scarce ; two in a couple of hours being my largest bag. I 

 never saw it at night, though I searched for it in its head-quarters several 

 times. I never found an ichneumoned larva. There is a variety of the per- 

 fect insect entirely or nearly black, but I never took one. 



Lyc^ina iEGON. — July and August. Heaths near Lyndhurst, &c, New 

 Forest. Took a lovely variety of the female in 1873, shot with the blue of 

 the male, though rather more intense in hue, at the base. Very common. 



L. Argiolus. — Not common. May. New Forest. 



Nemeobius Luctna. — Rare and local, chiefly Park Hill. May. New 

 Forest. 



Syrichthus Alveolus. — Common. Near Addington, Surrey, and in the 

 New Forest. Rough ground, open ridings of young plantations, &c. May. 



Than aos Tages. — Not so common, same localities as preceding. May. 



Hesperia Sylvanus and Linea. — Woodland paths, July and August. 

 New Forest. 



