RARE BRITISH SPECIES CAPTURED IN 1856. 113 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Rare British Species captured in 1856. 



Many of the more important of these have already ap- 

 peared in the columns of the Entomologist's Weekly In- 

 telligencer ; in such cases a reference to the page will enable 

 the curious in such matters to refer to that journal for any 

 more detailed account than we have room for here. 



Vanessa Antiopa ; one in the Isle of Wight in the Spring 

 (Int. 43). 



Argynnis Lathonia ; one near Chesham, Bucks^ the 

 middle of August (Int. 173). 



Thecla Betul^e ; appears to have been commoner than 

 usual: several were taken at Darenth (Int. 197); and as many 

 as forty at Henfield, Sussex (Int. 198). Mr. Crotch also 

 found it in abundance in the valley of the Dovey, between 

 Machynleth and Cemmaes. 



Thecla W.-Album ; bred by the Rev. Joseph Greene, 

 who finds it not very uncommon among elms, at Playford. 



Pamphila Action; has been taken in numbers at its 

 own locality — the "Burning Cliff" (Int. 154); we have 

 since learnt that another Entomologist visited the spot the 

 previous day to Mr. Pretor's excursion thither. 



Anthkocera Minos; has been taken in abundance by 

 Mr. Birchall (Int. 114), and Mr. Wright (Sub. 11). 



Acherontia Atropos; the larva has been unusually 

 common this autumn ; there are several notices of it in the 

 Intelligencer. 



Sphinx Convolvuli ; the occurrence of five specimens 



1857. m i 



