g6 THE I.RPinOPTERA OF ESSEX. 



July 31st, 1S75 ( II'. Buckler; E.M.M. xiii. 3 ; Larva 45). " Formerly 

 common in the High AV'oods, Colchester, but I have not seen a 

 specimen since i860, and it has disappeared from all the other woods 

 where it formerly occurred in the vicinity of Colchester. The last 

 specimen taken here was flying round a moderator lamp in 

 the evening in the town itself. \% in Dr. Laver's Collection.] 

 It still occurs at Coggeshall and in Stour Wood, near Ramsey." 

 i^Harwood B.B. 76). Has re-appeared in most of the larger woods in 

 the Colchester district, but is scarce i^Harivood). Some seasons 

 not very scarce, Witham {E. H. Burnell ; M.A^.H. (2) i. 602). 

 Tsvo, Sudbury, 1838 {W. D. King?; F.SJ., Dec, 1838). 

 Occasionally, near Halstead, larva on sallow, pupated June 15th, 

 1875 {S. R. Bentall ; Ent. viii. 182.) Kedington and Haverhill, 

 1833-5 (^^ Gaze; Ent. i. 278). Very rare. Old Hall Wood 

 [Steeple Bumpstead] {W. Gaze ; B.B. 77). Saffron Walden 

 {Jeffrey ; B.B. 76). Occasionally, Saffron Walden {Cat. S. W.M. 49), 

 Twice seen near Walden {J. Clarke). "The late Mr. Joshua 

 Clarke has told me that he formerly took this beautiful butterfly in 

 the woods near Debden, Essex. We have four English caught ones 

 in our ' Old Collection ' ^ that I believe he presented to the Museum, 

 and if so, they may be from the above-named locality." {G. N. 

 Maviia?-d, in Hit.). Rickling, near Stanstead, Aug. nth, 1879 

 (/. Carter; F. liv. 287). Two, Brentwood, July ist, 1882 {W.J. V. 

 Vande7ibergh ; Ent. xv. 187). Two, captured five or six years ago in 

 woods around Thoby Priory by the sons of Major Arkwright; also two 

 in 1890 {Ray nor). It was formerly not uncommon in Epping 



Forest, though it is evidently very local It is also found in 



several parts of Essex and Suffolk {Stephens: I.B.E. Haust i. 51). 

 Very rare, Epping, 1835 {E. Donbleday ; Ent. Mag., iii. 285). 

 I'^Dping, has occurred commonly {S.M. i. 35). Now rare in Epping 

 I'orest, Mr. B. O. Cole has seen two of late years, one in Bury 

 ^Vood, Sewardstone, the other towards Epping. [I have several 

 times seen the butterfly in the forest. — W. Cole.] 



3 In explanation of the words " Old Collection " which occur in connection with records from 

 Saffron Walden, Mr. Maynnrd, the Curator of the Museum, writes as follows: "The words 

 ' OU Co/Uction' you cL^k me ahout, allude to the collection of Lepidoptera that I found in the 

 Museum here ten years ago, when I first took charge of it ; how long they had previously 

 been there 1 cannot say; but probably many of them from the commencement of the collection 

 (1834), over fifty years. At the time I allude to 1 found none of them labelled as to locality of 

 capture, &c. ; but for my own convenience, to distinguish them when they came into the general 

 collection, since got together (from various parts of the country, many from Mr. James Back- 

 house, of York), 1 had them labelled ' CVn? Collection.' Mr. Joseph Clarke, our oldest Trustee, 

 and the only person now living who can give any positive information about their locality of 

 capture, &c., him I have interrogated, and he says, ' Many of them were taken in the neighbotir- 

 hood of .Saffron Walden, or this part of the county of Essex,' some of which he speaks more 

 positively about in this respect than others." — En. 



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