LEPIDOPTERA. 14") 



12. Crambus inquinatellus, W. V. Common at Hoi- 



nest, July and August. 



13. Ketinia pinivorana, Zell. Taken by my father at 



Holnest. 



14. Pancalia Lewenhockella, Linn. Taken by my 



father at Cosmore Quag, June 17th, 1843. 



15. Glyphipteryx Scheenicolella, Boyd. Taken by my 



father at Cosmore Quag, May 28th, 1842. 



Dwrm, 



1. Papilio Machaon, Linn. Swallow-tail Butterfly. 

 This splendid butterfly used to be tolerably 

 common here before the year 1816, as the 

 following extracts from my father's journal will 

 show: June 22nd, 26th, 27th, 1808, July 

 2nd, 5th, 13th, 30th, 31st, 1808, August 1st, 

 2nd, 3rd, 17th, 1808, September 1st, 1809, 

 August 16th, 19th, 24th, 1810, August 5th, 

 8th, 1811, June 8th, 1812, July 14th, 1812, 

 July llth, 12th, 1813, August llth, 14th, 

 20th, 1813, August 1st, 1814, June 16th, 

 1815, on Whitedown ; and August 17th, 1815, 

 on Newland Common (which specimen is still 

 in my collection), was the last day on which my 

 father took it, although he saw one on Dungeon, 

 June 22nd, 1816, settled on a thistle. It used 

 to smell strongly of mint. Drainage, culti- 

 vation, and the keeping of more cattle, seem to 



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