102 THE entomologist's record. 



Chatteuden Koughs, in August. Theda w-album. — Larvte taken on elm 

 in June, but is less common than formerly. Nemeobius lucina. — Has 

 been recorded by Miss C. E. Pye, in the Rochester Naturalist for 

 January, 1896, as having been taken by Mr. Adams, at Shorne. 

 PAPiLioNiDiE : — Fapilio machaon. — Its claim to a place in this local list 

 rests on the capture of a single specimen by Mr. W. Chaney, at 

 Darland Hill, in August, 1857. The specimen is still in Mr. Chaney's 

 collection. As a schoolboy, I saw a fine specimen of this butterfly at 

 Sheerness, one Sunday afternoon, in 18G2. Pierid^ : — Ajmria 

 crataei/i. — This is, unfortunately, one of our lost species. Up to 1866 

 it occurred commonly in several places in the district, but was always 

 very local. It used to be found in profusion at Chattenden, in June, 

 and the larvae, Mr. Tutt has informed me, were to be met with feeding 

 gregariously in May, on the hawthorn hedges, almost in the town of 

 Strood itself. About that time it almost suddenly died out. The last 

 specimen taken in this district was in 1872. Pieris brassicae and F. 

 rapae. — Abundant in most seasons ; in some years quite rare by 

 comparison, notably so in 1894. P.napi. — More of a woodland butterfly, 

 and prefers rather damp situations, and is especially common at Snodland. 

 FAichloe canlamines. — Occurs in abundance at Snodland, in May and 

 June. Leucopliada nnapu.—knoih.e.v extinct species in this district, 

 as Mr. Chaney says, it was found commonly in the Wigmore Woods 

 up to 1850, when it became very scarce, and disappeared entirely after 

 1857, when the last specimen was taken. Colias Jnjale and C. edma. — 

 Both uncertain and erratic in appearance, being common in some 

 years ; in others, e.;/., 1897, hardly a solitary specimen is to be seen. 

 The damp, rather than the cold, of our winter, seems always to be too 

 much for the continuance of the species. The former is always the 

 rarer of the two species, but in some years (as in 1868, 1875, 1893) 

 the August brood is fairly common. Goneptery.v rluuimi. — I have 

 seen this species on the wing, near Blue Bell Hill, as early as January 

 20th. Is common in all our woods and lanes at end of July and during 

 August. NYMPHALiDi?': : — Fhi/as papJda. — Has only occurred as a rare 

 straggler in the Wigmore Woods. An/ijnnis latltonia. — This has found 

 a place on the local list from the capture of tAvo specimens, in August, 

 1857, between Upnor and Chattenden, by Lieut. Crozier, R.E. 



A. ailippe. — Has been found very sparingly at Chattenden. A. ai/laia. 

 — Appears at beginning of July, and is a common and beautiful orna- 

 ment to the flowery chalk slopes. It is plentiful at Hailing, Holly 

 Hill and the south side of Cobham Park, as well as on the 13urham 

 Downs. Brenthis selene. — Occurs very sparingly at Chattenden. 



B. euplmmjne. — Common at end of May and in June, in nearly every 

 wood in the district. Melitaca athalia. — In the early " seventies " this 

 pretty species was found in plenty in one grassy glade at Chattenden 

 Boughs. Between 1875 and 1880, it was gradually, yet surely, 

 "wiped out" by the "professional exchanger" of insects, aided by 

 the " dealer." It finally vanished in 1880, a clear case of extermi- 

 nation. Vanessaio. — Usually common enough in the latter half of the 

 summer ; but for the last two seasons it has been very scarce. Eurancssa 

 antiopa. — In 1872, specimens were taken at Chattenden, Rochester, 

 Strood and elsewhere in the district. Mr. Tyrer records {Entoiii., Feb., 

 1889), a specimen as having been taken at New Brompton in Sept., 

 1888. A(jlais urticae. — Found everywhere in gardens, fields and waste 



