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LEPIDOPTERA. 



every county iu the south of England to Bucks, Cambridgeshire, 

 and Gloucestershire, also for Norfolk, Derbyshire, Cheshire, 

 Lancashire, and Yorkshire. The Isle of Man appears to be 

 rather a favoured spot, and several have been found in Wales 

 — in Carmarthenshire. In Scotland, Perthshire seems to be 

 the limit northward, and there larvee also have been found. 

 Other records of the imago exist for Fifeshire and other parts 

 of the south of Scotland. In Ireland, two were taken near 

 Elillarney in 1864, and two others are recorded without date 

 at Youghal. One was obtained at Derriquiu Castle, Ken- 

 mare, in 1867, one at Kildare in 1868, one at Kilkenny in 

 1870, and more recently two specimens, which I have seen, 

 were taken by Mr. C. W. Watts in Belfast Park. 



Abroad its range is very wide, through the greater part of 

 Europe, the whole of Africa to the Cape Colony, where it is 

 very common, India and a large portion of Asia. Through 

 this wide extent of territory it scarcely varies at all except in 

 size, but in North America it presents a pretty modification 

 in markings, the white lines on the thorax being duplicated. 

 This variety is known under the name of lineata and is found 

 in California and many other parts of the United States, in 

 Jamaica and other of the West India Islands, Canada, and 

 Nova Scotia. 



(D. Daucus, Cramer. — This species was recorded by 

 Stephens, with the statement that one was understood to have 

 been taken near Lynn in Norfolk ; and also that he had seen 

 about eight specimens in various English collections, but 

 believed them to have been introduced in lieu of D. lineata. 

 He furnished the true habitat of the species — North America. 

 A specimen, formerly in Haworth's collection, is now in that 

 of Dr. P. B. Mason, of Burton-on-Trent ; but there is no 

 reason to believe the species to be truly native.) 



The occurrence of unexpected species in old collections is 

 unfortunately no satisfactory proof of their British origin. 

 Dr. Mason possesses, also from Haworth's collection, a speci- 



