PoRRiTT : Five Days in East Sussex. 



uncomfortable ; so, having " set " our previous day's captures, we 

 again set out for the wood in high spirits, hoping to enjoy good sport 

 amongst the day flyers." We were not disappointed, for lepidop- 

 tera in great variety were abundant, the contrast to our barren 

 northern woods at this season being most marked. Of butterflies the 

 bright Argynhm EupJirosijue was common, whilst its close relative 

 Sdane was flying in profusion, crossing our paths everywhere ; both 

 species showed a decided partiality for the flowers of Ajuga reptanf^^ as 

 many as four sometimes being on a single flower. Hibernated, and 

 consequently tattered, Gonepteryx rUamni were common and flew 

 wildly about, evidently considering it was high time their eggs were 

 deposited on the sloe and blackthorn bushes. Sati/rm Megara, too, 

 was numerous as also Sgrichthus alceoliis, not to mention Ghortobim 

 pamphilus and Polgommatas PJilceas ; one or two of the Hespei'idce were 

 " skipping " about, but they were evidently not yet well out. Of ihe 

 Nodurni, the " wood tiger," Chdonia plantaghm gambolled about 

 rather commonly, and became more plentiful every day (nearly three 

 weeks earlier than it would be out here) : the "cream spot," Chdonia 

 villica, flew grandly in the hottest sun, the first specimen, a large 

 female, almost startling me as it rose up, and shewed off its brilliant 

 colours to perfection ; Lithoda aureola was beaten out and taken on 

 the wing pretty frequently ; and large nests of young Bomhyx neustria 

 larv£e were observable on the sloe and other shrubs. Geometry were 

 well represented ; in addition to the species taken the previous after- 

 noon, we got Epmie advenaria^ some worn, others very good ; the 

 pretty feuila maculata abounded in perfect order ; Tephrosia pundu- 

 lata and EpJiyra pendalaria were more or less worn, whilst E. porata 

 was in all sorts of conditions. Sirenia dathrata, Aspilates strigi .laria^ 

 and Coremia ferrugata were in fair order, but Panagra petraria was 

 poor, Anaitls plagiata was fine, and being common, gave us some 

 good chases in the sun ; and Gorewda iemerata was also good, ^idonia 

 atomaria surprised me considerably, the males being very much larger 

 than our northern specimens, the females also large, and of the same 

 colour as the male, whilst ours of that sex have the ground colour 

 white. Of the small order, DrepaiiulfB, Plalyptergx lacertula, and 

 falcula occurred ; whilst of Nodaoe a brood of Taniocampa miniosa was 

 found on an oak by Mr. Daltry ; that of Cymatophora Jlavicarnls 

 occurred on birch : with Tamiocainpa cmda &c., on sallow. In the 

 imago state Pltytemetra ceaea skipped about in the clearings, but it 

 WAS the Bole repreeentative of ite order. Of Pyrales, besides NemarcblU 



