60 [March, 



MvJlUca (irfciiih* I'b., wns I'oniierly foiiiid cumuioiily at Aldwiuklc, 

 near AVacMcuIiiiui, aiul also near Towcester. Mr. Wallis reeolleets it 

 as formerly ofcurriii<j; near Barnwell, and Messrs. Hull and Tomalinf 

 also record it from Barnwell and Polebrooke, but it does not appear 

 to Lave been observed for some years past. 



Vanessa c-alhuin, L., whieh is so abundant in favourable seasons 

 in certain AVest Midland Counties, and otter parts of the AVest and 

 North of England, and in AV^alcs, occurs in this County rather spar- 

 ingly. The writer has taken it near Oundle, and reports of its capture 

 have also been received from AVaddenham, Towcester, Yardley Chase, 

 Syw^ell AVood, Lilford, Barnwell AVokl, Northampton, and elsewhere. 

 Mr. AV^. Edwards has recorded it as frequent near Lilford on ivy 

 bloom itt the end of September. 



Vanessa poli/cJiJoros,Ij. , h pretty generally distributed through- 

 out the County, and has been taken at Towcester, Barnwell, Ged- 

 dington Chase, AV^eekly Hall AVood, and elsewhere. 



Vanessa antiopa, L. — A specimen of this rare species was seen 

 at Thurning by The Kevd. W. Whall about thirty-five years ago. 

 Two others are recorded from Northampton, and one from Welling- 

 borough. Mr. G. Claridge Druce saw, and nearly captured, one at 

 Pottersbury in 1875, and Mr. Wallis informs me that a specimen has 

 been taken near Kettering. 



Limenitis sihylla, L,, appears to be scarce in the County, but the 

 late Mr. Bond recorded its capture near AA'^addenham. Messrs. Hull 

 and Tomalin mention .Sywell AVood and Lilford as localities for it, 

 and Mr. G. Claridge Druce informs me that he saw it last summer 

 near Brackley. 



Apatura iris, L., occurs in most of the great oak woods in the 

 neighbourhood of Kettering, in AVeekly Hall AVood and Geddington 

 Chase ; also in AVhittlebury Forest, Salcey Forest, Sywell AA'ood, 

 Tardley Chase, and elsewhere, both in the North and South of the 

 County. In some seasons it is plentiful in certain woods. 



Thecla nili, L., and T. querciis, L., are generally distributed 

 throughout the County, and the latter is common in most of the oak 

 woods. 



Thecla iv-album, Knoch. — This local species is pretty generally 



* Mditwa cinxla, L., is, included by Messrs. Hull .and Tomalin in their list of the Lepidopttra 

 of Nortliainpton.sliiie, published in volume 11 of the Journal of the Northamptonshire Natural 

 History Society, ISM' : and Stainton mentions Peterborough as a locality for this species in 

 volume I of his Manual. I think the reported occurrence of this species in the County must Vie 

 due to an error. — II. G. 



t See Journal of Northamptonshire Nat. Hist. Hoc, 1882, above referred to. 



