1^2 LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 



LePIDOPTERA of THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 



D I U R N I . 



Papilio Machaon, L. Reported from the neighbourhood of 

 Bristol, in Samouelle's Entomologists Useful 

 Compendium, p. 235, " It is very local, and 

 occurs near Bristol," &c. A friend tells me, 

 on what he calls "only schoolboy authority,'' 

 that P. MacTiaon, used to be found in the 

 marshes near Aust, Gloucestershire. I have 

 been unable to obtain any further information 

 on this point, and have no doubt the species 

 has long since disappeared from our neigh- 

 bourhood, as it has from most of its old 

 localities in other parts of England, 



Leucophasia sinapis. L. Not common in the district, and 

 very local. 



Glos. It has been taken near Stapleton, 

 p.H.v. Scarce in Alderly Down Woods, v.r.p. 

 Mr. H. Phillips and Mr. A. Nash used to take 

 Sinapis rather freely in woods near Dursle} . 

 GH. Mr. H. W. Marsden took one specimen 

 at Dursley, 1868. 



Somerset. The Rev. G. W. Braikenridge, 

 reports the capture of single specimens near 

 Clevedon, and Tickenham, many years ago. It 

 is marked on Mr. Crotch's list of species taken 

 near "Weston-super-Mare 



