WHITE ON MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA OF PERTHSHIRE. 



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A LIST OF THE MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA WHICH OCCUR 

 IN PERTHSHIRE. 



By F. B. W. White, Esq., F.B.S., Ed. 



Part I. 



The county of Perth, as the readers of the " Naturalist" are probably 

 aware, possesses a certain degree of fame, both to the Entomologist and 

 to the Botanist. 



To the former the name of Rannoch will at once awaken thoughts of 

 Petasia nubeculosa, and other rare insects which are to be found there only ; 

 whilst to the latter the thought of the Breadalbane mountains, where the 

 Alpine Forget-me-not shines with its deep blue corolla, and where 

 Saxifraga cernua loves to hide among the wild crags, is enough to make 

 him grasp more firmly the spud, and set forth with greater ardour to the 

 fields and w^oods. 



This rich country, however, possesses no catalogue of its treasures ; 

 only incomplete lists are scattered here and there, through various 

 publications. 



The following list, though doubtless by no means perfect, will give 



the readers of " The Naturalist" some idea of what Macro-Lepidoptera 



are to be found in Perthshire. 



ehopalocera. 



[Colias Edusa. — I once thought I 

 saw a specimen of this near Perth, 

 but as nothing more has been seen 

 of it, I may have been mistaken. I 

 think it is not improbable that 

 Edusa should be found near Perth.] 



Picris brassiccB. 



P. rapcB. 



P. napi. 



Anthocharis cardamines. 



[Leucopliasia sincqns. — This has 

 been recorded as occurring near 

 Perth, but it was certainly a mis- 

 take.] 



Lasiommata jEgeria, not common 

 near Perth. 



L. MegcBra. 



Hipparchia Semele, abundant in 

 several places (as KinnouU Hill), 

 round Perth. 



H. Janira. I have seen a speci- 

 men of this taken near Perth, that 

 had male markings on one side, and 

 female on the other. 



H. Hyperanthus. 



Erebia Blandina, Pitlochry, Ran- 

 noch, etc. 



E. CaSsiope, Rannoch. 



Ccenonympha Davus, Rannoch, etc. 



C. Pamphilus. 



Cynthia cardiii, sometimes abun- 

 dant, at other times not to be found. 



