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the representations of my brother, 
who accompanied me, and who 
did’nt seem particularly struck 
with Actaon’s appearance, I not 
unwilliiifrly consented to bathe ; 
and to all entomolofjists fond of a 
swim in deliciously siroufr and 
tinglinjyly salt water, I would re- 
commend Lulworth Cove. Well, 
after dining on the cliff we again 
looked about us. I never saw so 
many insects together in my life, 
Art(E 07 i, jEgon, Galathea and 
Filipendula. principally. The 
flowere were laden with them. I 
was merciful however, and did not 
make much of a raid among them. 
Being but a bad setter of insects, 
I never kill many, or otherwise 
perhaps I might have taken some 
to give away. The characteristic 
arch of tight spots is very indis- 
tinct in the male of Actceon, but of 
course its colour and size readily 
distinguish it from Linea. I was 
rather surprised to find A. Fili- 
( lendulfc in such vast numbers 
tere, when they had long disap- 
peared inland. I observed, how- 
ever, the same thing with the Red 
Admiral last autumn. Insects 
seem to find the benefit of the sea 
air, and to live longer there, for I 
can hardly suppose that their 
coming forth is later. After a 
second bathe we returned home- 
wards in the balmy evening with 
great contentment, nothing having 
occurred to mar the pleasure of 
the day.] 
P. Linea. — July 17. 
P. Sylvanus. — June 25. Only 
one brood. I am very sceptical 
indeed, in fact an utter infidel, as 
to the two broods of this Skipper. 
I saw none (yet looked carefnlly) 
before this date, and afterwards 
observed them continuously into 
August. The ‘Manual’ says one 
brood in May, the other in August 
or (p. 64) end of July. According 
to my observation there were none 
in May, and they were almost 
gone by in August ; but at the 
end of June, and throughout July, 
they were very abundant. 
Sphinyina. 
A. Trifolii . — Turned up twice, 
July 2 and 15. 
A. Filipe^idulce. — June 27. 
Sm. ocellatus. — Dug out of the 
earth in our garden under apple- 
trees, two pupa; of this Hawk, 
which came out June 5 and 11. 
Sm. Populi. — Found two of the 
larvae on aspen in our garden, 
August 22. They were very 
small: both came to an untimely 
end. 
S. Lignstri. — .July 18. Found 
two of the larvae on a Privet hedge 
a mile or two oflf (the only one I’ve 
seen in the country), on August 
20 and 22 : observed also what I 
look to be the eggs (empty), about 
twenty together in an irregular 
bunch at the tip, chiefly on the 
under side, of a Privet leaf. I 
fed them chiefly on lilac, and they 
went down safely on September 13 
and 17. The one first Uiken was 
then (August 20) very small, but 
they feed up wdth great rapidity. 
Ck. Elpenor. — Found four of 
the larvae on August 15 in a 
marshy place, gorgeous fellows, 
with golden s|)iracles. Has not 
the ‘Manual’ otnitted to mention 
the food-plant, above all others, of 
this larva, viz., Galium palusfre. 
I tried willow-herb and fuchsia in 
vain, and so had to walk a long 
way every day to get Galium pa- 
lustre. One of the larva' was Ich- 
neumonized by a colony of small 
creatures. The rest spun about 
