l6o LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 



Dingle^ near Bristol, in 1869. f.d.w. 

 Somerset. Brockley Coombe. a.e.h. Weston- 

 s.-m. G.R.c. Local and scarce. 



Thecla [pruni. L.] Not recorded from my district, but Mr. F. 

 D. Wheeler tells me it has been taken in the 

 Forest of Dean, a fact which has not, I think, 

 Deen hitherto published. 

 J, BETULJE. L. Glos. '' Occurs near Gloucester, but 

 scarce." — J Merrin, in Newman's JJutterJlits, 

 p. 115. This locality is probably rather beyond 

 the limit of my district. The species has also 

 been takfn near Monmouth. 

 Somerset. An old schoolfellow, Mr. F. 

 Harvey, informed me many years since that 

 he had captured a specimen of the " brown 

 hair-streak," near Brockley Coombe. In reply 

 to a letter I wrote him on the subject, Mr. 

 Eustace Button of Clevedon writes me — '''In 

 the school *" Manual,' Avhere captures are 

 recorded, I find entered ' T. BetulcC' caught at 

 Yatton, 1 861.' I think you would be safe to 

 include it in your list, as I feel sure it has 

 occurred in the neighbourhood.'' [It has also 

 been recorded from " near Taunton."] 



PoLYOMMATUS Phljeas. L. Commou, and generally distributed. 



Lyc^na ^Egon. Bork. Glos. Durdham Down, and Staple- 

 ton, scarce, g.h. 



Somerset. Weston-s.-m. e.s. and g.r.c. 

 Very local, and scarce. 

 ,, Agestis. W. V. Throughout the district, common, 

 but rather local. Some curious varieties have 

 been taken. 

 „ Alexis. W. V. Abundant everywhere. The '''small 

 variety scarcely larger than L. AIsus,'' recorded 



