330 List of Papilionidcs 



the three basal joints red, the first being dark above, the fourth and to 

 the end dark. 



This insect is most nearly allied to M. ruficollis, from 

 which it differs in the small extent of the red part of the 

 elytra : in this not occupying more than a fourth of the elytra ; 

 but in that, above half. M. ruficollis, also, has not the two 

 black spots at the apex ; and the antennae have one additional 

 red joint, viz. the fourth : the form also is different. 



One specimen taken at Monkswood, near Sawtry, Hunts, 

 and two in the fens of Cambridgeshire, in May, 1831. 



We beg to express our admiration of our obliging correspondent's act of 

 translating his own descriptions. This is respectfully desired of all cor- 

 respondents who may wish to describe in Latin ; for as, conformably with 

 the object of this Magazine, which is to familiarise and popularise natural 

 science, the Latin descriptions must be translated, no one is so likely, from 

 some degree of amphibology which attaches to Latin, to apprehend pre- 

 cisely the describer's meaning as the describer himself. — J.JD, 



Art. VIL List of Vapilionidce occurring iii the Vicinity of 

 Dover, By the Rev. W. T. Bree, M.A. 



Sir, 

 The following list of Papilionidae found in the vicinity of 

 Dover may not, perhaps, prove unacceptable to some of your 

 entomological readers ; to such, at least, as may in future visit 

 this now fashionable watering-place. As my residence here 

 did not commence till the second week in August, of course 

 the season for many of our papilios was gone by. Some spe- 

 cies, therefore, which, owing either to the late period of the 

 year, or to their own intrinsic rarity, I had not myself an 

 opportunity of observing alive and at large, I have inserted 

 on the authority of Mr. Le Plastrier *, of Snargate Street, 

 Dover, who has long paid attention to the insects of this dis- 

 trict ; and to such articles I have affixed the letter L. The 

 list, too, may not prove quite without interest, as well by 

 showing what is to be found in this neighbourhood, as like- 

 wise what is not, or at least not commonly : and in this re- 



* Mr. Le Plastrier collects insects for sale, and is, I believe, well known 

 to many eminent entomologists. All collectors who visit Dover I would 

 strongly recommend to apply to Mr. Le Plastrier, whom, I wUl venture to 

 say, they will find ready, in the most obliging manner, to communicate any 

 information he may possess respecting the localities, habits, and periods of 

 the insects to be met with in the neighbourhood. Mr. Curtis has named 

 the Dover Tortrix moth, Carpocapsia Leplastriaw«, after this assiduous 

 collector. 



