New locality for Polyommatus Arion. lb'l 



The last upon our list is Mr. Jabez Gibson, a banker, of 

 Saffron Walden ; to whose liberal contributions, and most ac- 

 tive exertions, we believe the interesting* museum of Natural 

 History in that town, is chiefly indebted for its formation. 



SHORT COMMUNICATIONS. 



New locality for Polyommatus Arion. — As a taste for the 

 study and collection of insects becomes, (as it has of late 

 years), more prevailing, it is not surprising that instances 

 should occur, of insects, formerly considered to be of great ra- 

 rity, being occasionally found in some abundance, in different 

 parts of the country. Among the Papilioniaw, Calms hyale, 

 Argynius lathonia, Ly carta dispar, Pamphyla Paniscus, &c. 

 might be mentioned as instances in point. 



The capture of Lyccena [Polyommatus?~\ Arion, in plenty, 

 by Mr. Dale, has already been recorded in this Magazine, vol. 

 vii. p. 499. The object of the present communication is to 

 introduce to the notice of entomologists, a new locality for this 

 splendid species, hitherto considered to be an insect of extreme 

 rarity in Britain. My son, a very young entomologist, took 

 nine or ten specimens of Polyommatus Arion, on the 14th, 

 15th and 16th of July last, in a rough, grassy, pasture field 

 near Barnwell Wold, Northamptonshire. Individuals of both 

 sexes were captured ; some of them were in a rather faded 

 condition, from which circumstance we may infer that the in- 

 sect appears on the wing early in July. 



Barnwell Wold is situated about a mile and a half from the 

 village of that name, near Oundle. It is an extensive, and in 

 some parts almost impervious wood, intersected, however, by 

 broad grassy rides, and appears to afford a rich field for the 

 entomologist. In the latter end of May, 1835, I saw there 

 Pamphila Paniscus flying about plentifully; also Nemeobius 

 Lucina in far greater abundance than I ever observed it else- 

 where. I am informed likewise that Argynius Lathonia has 

 been captured in the same situation. 



I take this opportunity of mentioning that I have seen ma- 

 ny specimens of Polyommatus Acis, {Cimon of Lewin), which 

 were taken last July, on a heath on the borders of Worcester- 

 shire, no great distance from Birmingham. — TV. T. Bree. — 

 Allesley Rectory, Jan. 29///, 1838. 



