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EHOPALOCERA. 



PiEKiDAE, Pieris hnlssicae, P. rapae, P. nap!, all very common ; 

 the nervures of the latter are much suffused with black. EnchloU 

 cardamines, not very })lentiful ; I have taken some very small males. 

 Leucophasia shiains, rare and very local ; it has been taken in the Great 

 Wood. Colins ednsa, taken in small numbers in 1877. Gonepteryx rhamni, 



rather rare ; much commoner Windermere way. Nyjii'iialidae. 



An/i/nnis selene and A. enphrosijne, common locally : A. aijlaia, common 

 on the fells near woods : A. adippe, very rare. Melitaea aurinia, used 

 to be common in a field on the west side of Derwentwater ; I have not 

 taken it, but have specimens taken by the late Wm. Gi'eenip several 

 years ago. Vanessa pohjchloros, a rare visitor, appearing onl}^ at un- 

 certain intervals : V. urticae, common throughout the district ; in 1894 

 I met it at an elevation of about 1,800 ft. ; I took a few larva? at 

 Ashniss Bridge which produced small imagines in which the red w^as 

 rejDlaced by a ijinkish colour : V. io, moderately common. Ptjrameis 

 atalanta, moderately common, generally distributed : P. cardui, rather 



rare. Satyridae. Erehia epipjhron, locally abundant, though there 



are only three or four localities for it in the whole of the Lake district j 

 var. cassiope is the commonest form, outnumbering the type by 100 to 

 1 : E, aetliiops, occurs in large numbers in several localities in the 

 neighbouring counties ; it has been reported as taken at Keswick, but I 

 have not yet met with it. Pararge egeria and P. majaera, both rare. 

 Hipparcliia semele, found on Barrow mountain. Epinephele ianira, com- 

 mon in meadows: E. ilthonns, rare: E. liyperanthus I have not taken, 

 but have seen some captured by the late Wm. Greenij:) in meadows 

 about Keswick. Coenonymplia typlion, rare on Ullock Moss and near 

 Watendlath on the Rosthwaite road : C. pamphilus, extremely abundant 



on the fells; I have met with no varieties. Lycaenidae. Thecla 



quercns, rare : T. rubt, common on Ullock Moss ; I have taken specimens 

 which were suffused on the upper surface with ochre-coloured scales. 

 Chrysophamis p)hloeas, not uncommon, widely distributed ; I took one 

 with a well-developed row of blue spots on the upper surface of the 

 hind-Avings. Lycaena aegon, L. astrurehe, both rather rare : L. icarus, 

 moderately common in some places, rare in others : L. argiolus, about 



hollies near Lodore and on the Borrowdale road. Hesi-ekiidae. 



Nisoniades tagcs, uncommon and local. Pampliila sylcanus, rather rare, 

 occurs in the Great Wood. 



HETEROCEKA. 



SPHINGIDES. — Sphingidae. Acherontia atropo^,iouw([ occasionally : 

 Sphinx convoJndi, I have taken two : S. lignsfri, rare. Chocrocampa 

 celerio, several have l)een taken in Keswick, one of these is in tlie local 

 museum : C. porceUns, C.elpenor,hot\i rare. Srncrinthns ocellat us, rather 

 rare : S. popidi, not uncommon : S. tdlae, rare. 3TacrogIossa stcll<itanim, 

 seldom seen ; I never saw more than one in a season. 



BOI\IBy(,'IDES. — Nycteolidae. Sarofhr/jms widnJanus, I bred one 

 two years ago. IlyJojjhila prasinana, common about oaks : larva? com- 

 mon on oak ; pupa? commonly dug. Noijdae. Nola cncnllaieUa, N. 



confusalis, both rather rare. Litiiosiidae. Nudaria ninndana, 



common, here and there, throughout the district; larva? common on stones 

 at the boat landing. Lithosia hiridcola, taken occasionall3\ Gnophria 

 nihricollis, taken liy Mr. Greenij), I have never seen it here. 



