86 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



third of the tibire, and the hinder tarsi, black. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and nervures dark fuscous. Abdomen black ; the post-petiole, 

 the second and third segments, and the sides of the fourth red ; a large 

 semicircular white mark on the apex of the sixth segment and the 

 whole of the seventh white. The post-petiole is strongly but not very 

 closely punctured ; the gastrocoeli are narrow, dilated at the base ; 

 their outer side longitudinally striated. 



(To be continued.) 



A LIST OF THE " MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA " OF 

 LANCASTER AND DISTRICT. 



By C. H. Forsythe. 



In compiling this list of our local " Macro-Lepidoptera," 

 I have kept strictly in view the necessity of excluding any 

 species I have had the slightest doubt about. I could have 

 included several species on the authority of the late Mr. J. B. 

 Hodgkinson, who marked them in Newman's ' British Butterflies 

 and Moths ' as " probably occurring in the neighbourhood " ; 

 but, as I have no record of their actual capture, I have excluded 

 them. That the list is far from complete I know, but I hope 

 this will stimulate collectors to record the capture of anything 

 " new to the district," so that we may in the near future have 

 a more complete one. I have to thank Mr. George Loxham, of 

 Lancaster, for much valuable information ; some of his records, 

 extending over a period of forty years, are unique. 



Pierid^e. 



Fieris brassica. — Common everywhere in June and July, and the 

 second brood in August and September. 



P. mpce. — Abundant ; late May and June, and the second brood in 

 August and September. A yellow form occurs occasionally. 



P. napi. — Abundant ; late May and June, and the second brood in 

 July, August, and September. Some of the forms about Clougha Pike 

 are much suffused with black scales, and the veins are broadly marked, 

 showing a tendency to melanism. 



Ettchloe cardamines. — Uncommon about Lancaster. Odd specimens 

 near Quernmore and Torrisholme. Abundant at Witherslack and 

 Methop in May and June. 



Leucophasia sinapis. — Local. Fairly common at Methop and 

 Witherslack in April and May. No second brood has been recorded. 



Colias edusa. — Very rare generally ; in " edma years " we frequently 

 obtain specimens. I have taken this species (in 1900) at Hest bank 

 and near Halton, and saw a specimen the following year flying over a 

 clover field near Lancaster. "In 1892 I took several examples near 

 Lancaster, and in 1900 I took a few near Methop bank " (G. Loxham). 

 The var. helice has not been captured, as far as I know. 



