INSECTS 



A number of records are also taken from the Burton-on-Trent list by the late Mr. J. T. Harris 

 and Dr. P. Mason, as their district includes part of Leicestershire. 



A number of melanic forms occur in the neighbourhood of Leicester and will be dealt with in 

 the notes to the list. 



The classification followed is that of South. 



RHOPALOCERA 



PlERIDAK 



Pieris brassicae, L. (Large White) ^ .-, 



T /c 11 iin.-* \ Common every- 



rapae, L. (Small White) > , ' 



napi, L. (Green-veined White)) 

 Anthocharis cardamines, L. (Orange Tip.) Gen. dist., 



larvae on garden rocket ; >s also at rest on that 



plant 

 Leucophasis sinapis, L. (Wood White.) Recorded by 



Stainton and Coleman ; there is only one other 



record from Earl Shilton in 1880 

 Colias hyale, L. (Pale Clouded Yellow). Recorded by 



Stainton. I have a specimen taken in the 



Anstey Lane in 1877 



edusa, F. (Clouded Yellow.) Occasionally in 



numbers, notably in 1877, 1893, and 1900 all 

 over the county 



var. helice, Hb. This pale form has occurred 

 in 1877 Anstey Lane, 1893 Stoughton, 1900 

 Cadeby 



Gonopteryx rhamni, L. (Brimstone). Odd specimens 

 always occurring throughout the county, abun- 

 dant in 1900, usually rare 



NYMPHALIDAE 



Argynnis selene, Schiff. r. Loughborough, Quorn, Charn- 

 zvood Forest 



euphrosyne, L. Owston, Bradgate, Seal Wood, 



Quorn, Knighton 



aglaia, L. v.c. at Bradgate forty years ago now 



extinct, Market Bosworth one specimen 1906 

 probably blown over from Staffordshire 



adippe, L. Owston, Skfffington, Billesdon, Quorn, r. 



paphia,L. Owston, c.,Quorn, Seal Wood, Gum/ey,Sf.c. 

 Melitaea aurina, Rott. Recorded by Stainton, Charn- 



wood Forest (E. Brown) ; Bardon Hill, 1892, 

 E. S. Pink, is the only recent record 

 Vanessa C-album, L. (Comma.) No recent records, but 

 notes from Gumley, Quorn, Loughborough, Blaby, 

 Anstey, Seal Wood 



polychloros, L. (Large Tortoiseshell.) Quorn, 



Owston, Sutton Ambien, Kibworth, Tugby, Scrap- 

 toft, &c., r. 



urticae, L. (Small Tortoiseshell.) Gen. dist. 



io, L. (Peacock.) Gen. dist. 



antiopa, L. (Camberwcll Beauty.) Leicester a 



number of specimens in 1873, also from Lough- 

 borough, Bitteswell 



atalanta, L. (Red Admiral.) Gen. dist. 



cardui, L. (Painted Lady.) Gen. dist. 



APATURIDAB 



Apatura iris, L. (Purple Emperor.) Recorded by 

 Stainton but no recent record 



SATYRIDAE 



Melanargia galatea, L. (Marbled White.) A chalk 

 insect ; recorded from Gumley(R.ev. A. Matthews), 

 Quorn (J. H. Hind) 



RHOPALOCERA (continued) 

 SATYRIDAE (continued) 



Pararge egeria, L. (Speckled Wood.) v.r., Bardon Hill, 

 Seal Wood, Quorn, Gumley, Loughborough 



megaera, L. (Wall.) Chamwood, Mountsorrel, Six- 



hills, Billesdon, Tilton, Ratcliffe, Quorn, Gumley 

 Epinephele janira, L. (Meadow Brown.) Gen. dist. 



tithonus, L. About brambles when in bloom, 



gen. dist. 



hyperanthes, L. (Ringlet.) Common in a few woods 



but local, Bardon, Scraftoft, Skejpngton, Owston, 

 Sutton Ambien, Barkby, Sixhills, Gumley 



ab. arete, Mull. The form without spots on the 



under side has been taken at Owston 

 Coenonympha pamphilus, L.C. c. on heaths and open 

 spaces 



LYCAENIDAE 



Thecla W-album, Knoch. Local but abundant in 

 some localities, Owston Wood, v.c., Evington, 

 Rothley, Swithland, Buddon, Loughborough, Seal 

 Wood, Sutton Ambien, Quenby, Scraptoft 



quercus, L. n.c. but found round young oaks, 



Charnwood Forest, Ulverscroft, Swithland, Quorn, 

 Bardon, Anstey, Gumley, Seal Wood, Owston, 

 Sutton Ambien 



rubi, L. Recorded from Quorn (Rev. J. H. Hind) 

 Polyommatus phleas, L. Gen. dist. 



Lycaena astrache, Bgstr. r. near Gumley (Matthews) 



icarus, Rott. c. and gen. dist. 



argiolus, L. Local but widely dist. Gumley, 



Quorn, Kibworth, Bradgate, Market Bosworth 



ERYCINIDAE 



Nemeobius lucina, L. Recorded from Quorn (Rev. J. H. 

 Hind) ; occurs in some numbers in Rutland 

 and Northants, so maybe found on that side of 

 the county at Owston or other woods 



HESPERIIDAE 



Syrichthus malvae, L. Very local but abundant at 

 Owston Wood, has occurred at Loughborough, 

 Gumley, Quorn, Sixhills, Market Bosworth 



ab. taras, Meig. Owston 



Nisoniades tages, L. Local, Loughborough, Gumley, 



Buddon, Owston, Quorn 



Hesperia thaumas, Hufn. Local but fairly common 

 where it occurs, Loughborough, Quorn, Gumley, 

 Sixhills, Owston, Tilton, Wellesborough 



sylvanus, Esp. Fairly common in woody places 



where it occurs, Owston, Sutton Ambien, Quorn, 

 Loughborough, Gumley, Sixhills, Ratcliffe, Ashby, 

 Barkby 



HETEROCERA 



SPHINCIDAE 



Acherontia atropos, L. A number of records from 

 all parts of the county, always rare however 



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