i6 LEPIDOPTERA. 



tribe, and not the graceful j^liding motion of the more power- 

 fully built groups, and when li uttering about flowers of 

 Pedicularis palustris or other fen plants, is really somewhat 

 inconspicuous, though when flying from fen to fen across a 

 river, or dashing at full speed along the bank of a drain, it is 

 a beautiful object. 



Abroad it is by no means confined to fens, but is a 

 common garden insect, and its range is over most of the 

 temperate regions of the world. 



[P. Podalirius,* L. — Sinon, Stand, cat. — A beautiful 

 creamy-yellow species, witli long transverse blackish stripes, 

 and very long hind wings and tail ; has been taken very rarely in 

 this country, but probably only as an accidental immigrant. 

 The Rev. F. W. Hope records that he has a specimen which 

 he took at Netley, and also that he had two larva feeding on 

 wild plum, but it does not appear whether they were reared. 

 Two or three other records exist, and it is just possible that 

 it is one of the species which have here died out ; but this is 

 now a mere matter of conjecture.] 



[Parnassius Apollo,* L. — A large handsome species, 

 with semi-transparent white fore wings, greyer behind, 

 and having several large black spots ; hind wings with white- 

 centred red spots, ringed with black, and a faint grey band. 



Mr. E. Sabine states in the Entomologist for 1889 that 

 one of his sons saw a specimen fly across his path and go 

 slowly over the cliff at Dover in such a manner that the red 

 spots and other peculiar markings were clearly observable. 

 An old record also states that this species was seen in the 

 West of Scotland about 1834.] 



[Pa-rnassius delius,* E»p. — Eather smaller tlian P. 

 A'pollo with similar markings and smaller red spots, but no 

 greyish band to the hind wings. 



* These and other species belonging to the European Fanna, but 

 doubtfully British, will bo found figured and described in Dr. Lang's 

 " Butterflies of Europe," 2 vols. (L. Reeve & Co.) 



