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fly-catchers about.” I was sadly 
vexed, as I had set my heart on 
capturing Iris that day, but ’twas 
no use pleading. However, at 
last he said I was welcome to hunt 
in the “ Little Tliicks.” This was 
a small wood half a mile further 
on. Thither I proceeded, and in 
the course of the morning I cap- 
tured about thirty Adippe, forty 
Paphia, thirty T. Quercus, four 
T. W- Album, three polychloros ; 
from the underwood and low 
boughs I beat one ChcBrocampa 
Porcellus, six Lithosia miniata, 
two Cossus ligniperda, Platijpleryx 
Lacertula anti falcula, Noiodonta 
Camelina, Geometra Papilionaria, 
Hemithea Cylhisaria, Eurymene 
dolobraria, Eucosmia undulana 
and another Ilalias Quercana, be- 
sides a host of other things, again 
filling all my boxes, and being 
obliged to stick several insects on 
one pin, though I thought I came 
well provided. Just as I was 
thinking of leaving the keeper’s 
son came up : luckily we had met 
before in some woods in another 
locality where he had been keeper 
some years back : he recollected 
me, and we seated ourselves on 
the grass in the shady glade and 
discussed the merits of a large 
stone botile of excellent home- 
brewed he fortunately had brought 
with him : from that we got to a 
trial of shooting on a small heath 
close by, and at last I was allowed 
to visit my favourite wood, that 
had been forbidden ground in the 
morning. The keepers clock struck 
five as I entered; I began to feel 
plain symptoms of weariness, but 
I walked down the glade. “ What 
gleams through the wood in the 
bright sunshine?” ’Tis Iris by 
Jove? I was in an instant as 
strong and fresh as when I started 
in the morning. My twelve-yard 
bamboo went together in a twink- 
ling, and I was ready. He comes 
again ! he is on the oak ; one 
sweep — he is safely pinned in the 
hat ot the keeper, who runs to the 
house to find me another box (all 
mine being full). A few minutes 
after I saw another Iris seated with 
closed wings on the outside 
bough of a magnificent oak. It 
is mine — a fine female! Soon 
after I thought I saw another 
hanging from the under side of a 
bough of an immensely tall oak. 
I could but just reach it, and was 
delighted to find a splendid pair 
{in coiiu) safe in my net. I 
caught another beautiful male 
soon after, and I then left off, as 
it was half-past six and I had a 
long walk before me. As I was 
walking back through the glade 
the large Fritillaries were retiring 
for the night. I several limes 
stopped to notice them : they 
chose generally a spreading oak ; 
they alighted on the outside 
boughs and proudly marched up 
and down the leaves, apparently 
fanning gently with their wings, 
and turning round in a most 
amusing manner. In a few 
minutes they would then quietly 
creep under between the leaves, 
and I saw no more of them. One 
incident I had almost forgotten to 
mention. In the morning I found 
a fine female oak Egger (Z. Quer- 
cus) in the hedge: I enclosed her 
in a piece of net and pinned it to 
my arm. I was soon surrounded 
by males that crawled and fluttered 
ail over me : I might have taken 
scores if I had wished. I was 
pleased to find that all the speci- 
mens I had taken in these two 
