If the July Poplifugia reflect the Ides of June and the Nonae Caprotinae answer to the Matralia, the end of the tempus nefastum in July may ritually parallel the Vestalia. With each, we have a sequence of three rituals or commemorations both before and after the summer solstice. Although the midsummer’s is itself ritually ignored, the calendar over all suggests that it was well recognised. There is no balancing July feriae to the Vestalia of June, but a vitulatio is to be conjectured as occurring on the last day of the dies nefasti period – the vitulus ‘calf, heifer’ being a special victim for Jupiter but also a suggestion of Vitula, the goddess of joy and victory. With the conclusion of the ninth of July, the post-solstice mitigational period ends. Hence for the rest of the year until the winter solstice, the days are either ordinary (fasti, profesti) or festivals (feriae, festi).