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exciting sport it is catching them. 
They even occurred now and then 
in our garden. I have one speci- 
men of a greenish olive ground 
colour, with large spots instead of 
the usual curved streaks. Mr. 
Stainton kindly informed me that 
this is probably a female. 
A. Adippa. — August 2. A sin- 
gle specimen only was captured ; 
but I have seen other middle- 
sized Fritillaries about. Missed 
Aglaia altogether. 
A. Selene. — June 26. A single 
specimen. 
A. Euphrosyne. — June 6, &c. 
M. Artemis. — May 30. In 
moist meadows. Found a nest of 
the young larvae (as I suppose) on 
August 27, on the leaves of Sca- 
bioiis. 
Th. Quercus. — July 11. I can 
corroborate the statement of the 
larvae going occasionally under- 
ground. A larva, which I shook 
from an oak on June 9, descended 
into the earth a few days after, 
where it remained until .Tuly II, 
an inch or so below the surface. 
Saw one flying about an oak as 
late as August 27, 
Th. Rubi. — June 1. Chiefly in 
our garden. Did not see the 
second brood. 
C. Plilceas. —May 16. Second 
brood, July 31. I am rather 
sceptical about the three broods of 
this insect: I observed a ? in the 
‘ Manual.’ The second brood is 
most abundant. 
P. Corydon. — Ah ! Corydon, 
Corydon ! quce te dementia cepit — 
to come into such a sandy desert 
as Bisterne ! Took one on Aug. 4, 
and found the female at Lulworth. 
P. Alexis. — June 3. Second 
brood, August 2. Very liable to 
variation. 
P. .Egon. — July 2. By far our 
commonest Blue. Egon and 
Semele (a curious union mytholo- 
gically) reign together over these 
heaths in July, and not another 
butterfly can be seen, if we ex- 
cept Skippers. Hundreds of jFi- 
donia atomaria complete the pic- 
ture. 
P. Agestis. — June 15. Second 
brood not seen. 
Th. Alveolus. — May 23. Ob- 
served no second brood. Wings 
in repose erect, ? ‘ Manual.’ I 
think this query well founded. I 
have watched the insect by the 
hour together, and never saw its 
wings assume an erect position, 
sunshine or cloud. They always 
rested horizontally. Just perhaps 
in the intense heat of the sun the 
little fellow would slightly raise 
and lower his wings alternately in 
“ a sort of silent ecstacy,” but 
would never put them bolt up- 
right. When in a pill box, or 
under the influence of prussic 
acid, its wings I grant assume a 
vertical position ; but so do the 
wings of the Pamphil<e, and many 
small Geometrai under similar cir- 
cumstances, 
[P. Actceon. — This I obtained 
on a very delightful trip to Lul- 
worth Cove on a very beautiful 
day, August 5. The Skipper (a 
very insignificant looking little 
fellow) was very abundant, and 
seemed particularly fond of some 
yellow thistles ; but the sun was 
exceedingly powerful, and the 
cliffs dazzlingly white ; and so 
after catching two or three to 
satisfy myself that it was indeed 
Actceon, I found my eyes aching 
dreadfully, and my spectacles, and 
every thing else about me, suffused 
with perspiration, so, yielding to 
