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LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Rare British Species captured in 1859. 



Colias Edusa ; has again been very abundant in the 

 southern counties of England, and has occurred freely in the 

 midland counties, but scarcely appears to have been found as 

 far north as on previous occasions. 



Colias Hyale ; has not been nearly so plentiful as in the 

 two previous seasons. 



Pieris Daplidice ; is becoming comparatively a common 

 insect; a specimen was taken by Mr. Harding at Kings- 

 down, Kent, August 1st (Int. vi. p. 155) ; another was 

 caught by Mr. Henry Fyles, at Tenterden, July 31 (Int. vi. 

 p. 163); a third was taken near Dover, July 18 (Int. vi. 

 p. 171 ; vii. p. 48) ; a fourth was taken near Brighton, 

 August 19th (Int. vi. p. 178) ; and, lastly, three specimens 

 were found by Rev. W. H. Hawker in an incipient's box 

 (Int. vi. p. 186). 



Leucophasia Sinapis; was recorded in the Intelligencer 

 (vi. p. 116) as occurring near Perth, a more northern locality 

 than any previously announced for that species ; but subse- 

 quent inquiries render its occurrence there doubtful. 



Erebia Blandina; Mr. Gregson has noticed the cu- 

 rious fact (Int. vii. p. 54), that E. Blandina is a garden 

 insect in the Ulverstone district of Lancashire, where it 

 occurs near Grange. 



Erebia Cassiope; this insect has been captured on Hel- 



