LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. Ijp 



Arge Galatea. L. Glos. Stapleton and Purdown, scarce. 

 G.H. Common on all the hills about Wotton- 

 under-Edge. v.r.p. Dursley. a.e.h. '' Uni- 

 versaily common on rough, waste land in the 

 Stroud district." — m.g.m. &c. 

 Somerset. This pretty species used to be 

 common in fields near Bedminster, but is now 

 seldom met with in the neighbourhood of 

 Bristol. Portishead and Clevedon, F. D. 



Wheeler. Weston-s.-m. g.r.c. Brean Down. 



T.H.O.P. 



Satyrus ^^geria. L. Rather local, but abundant in many 

 woods and lanes throughout the district, 

 especially near Weston-s.-m. 

 ,, Megtera. L. Generally distributed, but not every- 

 where common. 

 ,, Semele. L. Abundant throughout both counties, on 

 limestone hills and downs. 

 ., Janira. L. Abundant everywhere. 

 „ TiTHONUS. L. Do. do. 



„ Hype RANT Hus. L. Rather local, in woods, but com- 

 mon where it occurs. Ringless varieties are 

 not uncommon at Brockley Coombe. 

 Chortobius Pamphilus. L. Abundant everywhere, on heaths 



and downs. 

 Thecla rubi. L. Generally distributed, and sometimes 

 plen.tiful on blossoms of bramble, nettle, wild 

 medlar. Sec. 

 ,, QUERcus. L. Generalb"" distributed and common in 



oak woods. Larvae plentiful at Leigh. 

 „ w-ALBUM. lllig- Glos. *' Used to occur on Durd- 

 ham Down." S. Barton. One at Westbury in 

 1876, T.H.O.P. One at Hill, near Berkeley, 

 in 1867. H J.F. Larvae common at Coombe 



