THE BUTTEKKLIKS OF TlIK CHATHAM DISTRICT. 101 



C. ediisa, Pi/raiii<is cardiii. C — Local, but mouk ok less common 

 WHKKE FOUND — 15 spccios : — XisouiatU's tai/es, Sijric/tt/uis malvae, 

 l\unpltila coiiniKi, T/ii/inclicits liiicola, CiipiAo minima, Pohjiimviatua 

 cori/(l<))i, [', !ii'll(in/us, I'U'bcius (wi/on, (^t/aniris (in/iohts, Zcp/n/nis tiiicr- 

 viis, Tlu'chi ir-olhum, Anfi/nnis cif/laia, Kwionia jioli/c/ildros, Jlip/iarchia 

 semelc, Mclananjia i/alatca. D — Local an'd scarce — 4 species: — 

 /^I'pfii/nis hctulac, XcmcdlnHs litciiia, Aiiij/nni.s adipjie, Jiifutliis sclene. 

 E — Rare stragglers only in the district — 6 species: — Papilio 

 viachaon, Dri/a.s paphia, Anfi/iiiiis latltonia, I'hivanrfisa antiopa, Polj/- 

 (jonia c-alhum, Aiuma archippun. F — Formerly found in plenty 

 locally ; now almost or quite extinct in district — 5 species : — 

 Aporia cratacifi, Lciicojiltasia sijiapis, McUtaca at/ialia, Pimcnitis sili^/lla, 

 Apatura iris.^^ 



I now proceed to state a few facts concerning each species. 

 Hesperides : — Xisoniadi's taties. — Common in !May and June, on sunny 

 chalky hanks. The larva feeds on leguminous plants. Si/ric/itlnis 

 malvae. — Occurs in May and June, in woods at Chattenden, where 

 also the ah. tarus has heen taken, l^ampldla s)/lvanus. — Common in 

 all the woods and lanes from May to August, hcing partially double- 

 brooded. Painp/iila coiinna. — Common in most seasons, on Cuxton 

 Downs, in August. Is also met Avith at Paddlesworth, Boxley Warren, 

 and other localities. TInpiuiivm lincola. — Has been met with not 

 rarely in July, on the marshy banks of the Medway, below Strood. 

 'lliijmdiciis tlianman. — Common in all our woods and lanes, in July. 



Papilionides : Lyc/Enid^. — C/injsophanus p/daeas. — Common every- 

 where, from the end of April until October. Cupido ivinima. — Found 

 on nearly all our chalk downs in June, and again more rarely in 

 August ; but it cannot be called a common insect in any part of the 

 district. Poli/o)iimatuf< cnnjdnn. — Partial to chalky situations, but less 

 local than P. Inilanim, stragglers having been taken at Chattenden, 

 and other unlikely localities. At one time it was not rare in the Isle 

 of Sheppey, on the stiffest of London clay. Appears on wing at end of 

 July, and in August. /'. hcllari/us. — Very local species, and confined 

 to the chalk. Generally plentiful in Juno, in a few favoured spots, 

 such as Queendown Warren, Blue Bell Hill, and Cuxton, and again in 

 August, sometimes lasting on to October. P. icarus. — Found in every 

 meadow, and on every grassy hillside, throughout the summer. I took 

 a very fine gynandromorphous specimen on Darland Hill, in May, 1873. 

 /', astrarc/w. — Common in May, and again in August, all over tlie dis- 

 trict, but most plentiful on the chalk. yVcicZ/w aci/nn. — Essentially a 

 heath-frequenting butterfly, but a large and bright form is also found 

 on chalky hillsides, and in this district is not uncommon in July, at 

 Holly Hill, and on the Hailing Downs, ('i/auiris anjidlm. — Flies 

 wildly round holly bushes, and walls covered with ivy, in April and 

 May, and again in July and August. It is widely distributed, though 

 somewhat local in this district, and is often seen in numbers about tlie 

 ivy-clad walls of Rochester Castle. Callophri/s nd/i. — This species is 

 common in all our woods in i\Iay, and again in August, being double- 

 brooded ; the larva feeds on broom, and allied plants. Xrp/n/nis 

 I] iw IV I IS. — Has its headquarters at Chattenden, and may be seen in 

 July and August, Hying round the oak trees ; also occurs at Wigmore, 

 and other woods in the district. Z. hvtiilav. — Found rarely in 

 ' Possibly still existing. 



