LEPIDOPTERA. 



Rare British Species captured in 1857. 



Many of the more important of these were announced imme- 

 diately in the columns of the Entomologist's Weekly Intel- 

 ligencer ; we refer accordingly to the volume and page where 

 those captures are mentioned. 



Colias Edusa ; has been repeatedly taken in the south west 

 corner of Scotland (Int. ii. 180, 188, 203 ; iii. 5), an unusually 

 northern locality. The species had been captured in Scot- 

 land, in 1848 and 1852. 



Colias Hyale ; has been unusually plentiful on the 

 coasts of Sussex and Kent, and has even occurred near 

 London (Int. ii. 164, 171, 172, 173, 179, 180, 190). 



Pieris Daplidice; a specimen is recorded as having 

 been taken near Colchester (Int. ii. 182). 



Apatura Iris ; has been taken more freely than for 

 many years, Mr. Sturgess having remarked that dead stoats, 

 weasels, &c. were great delicacies to the imperial haustellum 

 systematically baited for the insect : in a wood it was known 

 to frequent, the capture of seventeen specimens, on the 14th 

 of July, and twenty on the following day, proves clearly the 

 use of artifice in obtaining the splendid Iris (Int. ii. 130, 

 139, 147, 148, and 155). 



Vanessa Antiopa ; the captures of five specimens have 

 been recorded, and another was seen ; the captures were two 



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