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18 PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



Papilio machaon. Not observed. 



podalirius. Do. 

 Goniapteryx rhamni. Common. 

 Colias edusa. Not found. 



hyale. Do. 

 Pieris brassicae. ") 

 ,,. chariclea. 



rapae. 1 All in abundance. P. sabellicae not so common as the 



metia. f others. 

 napi. 

 sabellicae. 



daplidice. "One specimen, not far from Bewdley. 

 Euchloe cardamines. Abundant. 



Leptoria caudida. Pretty freely taken near Astley, and in Bewdley Forest. 

 Aporia crataagi. Found several times near the Astley and Shrawley Woods. 

 Melitaea artemis. Found, but very rarely, near the Valley of the Teme. 

 cinxia. Not found. 

 athalia. Do. 



selene. Very common, especially on the west side of the Severn. 

 euphrosyne. Common in same localities as the rest. 

 dia. Not found. 

 Argymnis lathonia. Only one specimen, near Woodbury Hill. 



adippe. Only one specimen, at Astley; but I should expect that, both in 

 this and the following case, the solitary instance of capture must have 

 been accidental, as neither insect is generally accounted rare ; and 

 several of the other Fritillaries usually found in similar localities, 

 are sufficiently abundant in the district in question. The fact is, 

 however, rather singular, or else I have been very unfortunate with 



aglaia. One specimen, at Astley. 



paphia. Not uncommon about Abberley and Shrawley Wood. 

 Vanessa C. album. Very abundant, west of the Severn ; comparatively rare, how- 

 ever, on the east side of the river; and about Kidderminster and Wol- 

 verley I have scarcely ever found it. Probably this may be owing to 

 the fact, that in this portion of the district the hop is not cultivated, 

 as it is on the other side of the Severn ; and though the caterpillar of 

 the C. album feeds on many plants besides hop, particularly the nettle, 

 I have always found it much more abundant wherever the hop is culti- 

 vated. The difference in proportion for the two sides of the Severn 

 would be, at least, 60 to 1 in favour of the right bank. I have fre- 

 quently observed very great variations, not only in the colour but the 

 form of the wings of this insect ; one of the most curious of which is, 

 that the projections which form the extremities of the scallops in the 

 posterior wings are divided, so as to present the appearance, in some 

 cases, of a furcated cauda, where the projections exceed the ordinary 

 length ; and this peculiarity I have occasionally noticed in every similar 

 projection, on both the anterior and posterior wings, though very rarely 

 in the former. When the scallops chance to be less deep than ordina- 

 rily is the case (and I have found them almost obliterated), this forma- 

 tion has a very peculiar effect. There are numerous variations in the 

 markings of the wings, the bars traversing the discoidal cells being 

 represented (particularly the inner one) by separated and well-defined 

 spots of black or, more properly, velvety brown ; and the ordinary 

 spots, also, vary exceedingly in number and depth of colour, as well as 

 in arrangement. The earlier evolved specimens are generally darker 

 than the later ones ; and I have noticed that the darker specimens are 

 less liable than the others to the singular variation in the form of the 

 wings which I have noticed above, and also have the scallops com- 

 monly deeper. As there are two broods in the year, it is possible that 

 these peculiarities of structure may be found principally in the later 



