1^4 LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 



season, I took some of all our known *" British 

 skippers : ' I have seen most of them in other 

 places about here, bat the most rare is the 

 * Lulworth skipper,' P. Actaeon.' '" Dr. Livett 

 suggests the probability of dark specimens of 

 linea having been mistaken for Actaeo?i by 

 Mr. Westcott, which seems so likely, that I 

 have not thought it advisable to Include this very 

 local insect in my list, without further evidence of 

 its occurrence in the district. 



N o c T U R N I 



Smerixthus ocellatus. L. Generally distributed, but not 

 very common. 

 ,, POPXJLi. L. Common everywhere. 



,, tiliye. L. Generally distributed, but not common. 



AcHERONTiA Atropos. L. Reported from all parts of the 

 district, the larvae and pupae being sometimes 

 rather common in potatoe grounds. Mr. 

 Vaughan once bred a specimen from a larvae 

 found under an ash tree on Durdham Down. 



Sphinx convolvuli. L. Generally distributed throughout both 

 counties, and In some years almost common. 

 With the exception of three taken by Mr. SIrcom 

 in a field near Brisllngton many years since, I 

 have no record of the occurrence of the larvae. 

 ,, ligustri. L. Common throughout the district In all 

 its stages. I captured a curious dark variety 

 flying over a honeysuckle at Stapleton, in which 

 the usual dark dorsal line was quite obliterated. 



Deilei'hila GAiii. W.V. Throughout the district, widely 

 distributed, but scarce. 



