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Argynnis lathonia . —On the 23rd August, 1857, as I was walking along 
a grassy path in Chattington woods, not expecting to meet with any¬ 
thing new, suddenly something like a ray of golden light flitted past; 
I made a stroke at it with my net, and succeeded in getting it within 
its folds; and fancy my delight when, on taking it out, I found it to 
he a specimen of this beautiful species, in the most perfect condi¬ 
tion. Later in the day I took another specimen, also fresh from the 
chrysalis. 
A. selene. —Only one specimen. 
A. Puphrosyne.—hi great abundance. 
Melitcea Athalia .—This extremely local species occurred in one or two 
spots. They seem to have a curious habit of changing their metropolis 
every year, as I was shown a spot which swarmed with them in 1856, 
but where only a few stragglers were to be seen when I visited it. 
Theda W. album. —-This rather scarce species abounded in the same clear¬ 
ing as Sibylla. I generally captured them at rest on the sallow 
bushes, or on the blossoms of the privet. I remarked they never ap¬ 
peared in any numbers until after 3 p. m. 
T. quercus. —Yery abundant on the same oaks as Iris, on which it seems 
to attend. 
Polyommatus argiolus. —Eather rare. 
P. alms. —Common, but local. 
P. Cory don. —Y ery abundant on the chalk hills. 
P. Adonis _Moderately abundant. 
P. agestis. —Eather rare. 
Thanaos alveolus. —Yery common. 
T. tages. —Common in many places. 
Pamphila linea. —Common. 
P. sylvanus. —Yery abundant. 
Sphinges. 
Procris statioes. —I met with a few specimens in one meadow. 
Anthrocera trifolii. —Yery abundant. Many curious varieties occurred, 
in some of which the colouring was quite different from the ordinary 
tint. 
A. filipendulce. —As common as it usually is. 
Smerinthus populi. —Occurred at light. 
Sphinx ligustri. —Common in the larva state. I only obtained one spe¬ 
cimen of the perfect insect. 
Macroglossa stellatarum.' —Only saw one specimen, as I did not visit the 
haunts of the species. 
Trochilium culiciformis. —One specimen. 
T. tipuliformis. —Occurs sparingly. 
Bombyces. 
Hepialus hectus. —Common in the grassy lanes of one wood. 
II. lupulinus .— Yery common. 
