BUTTERFLIES. 



been taken near Dunsinane, Methuen, and 

 the Bridge of Allan. In the first of these 

 localities the caterpillars have been collected 

 rather commonly. In Scotland it occurs as 

 far north as Forres. Dr. White thinks that 

 Scottish specimens are slightly smaller and 

 darker than English ones. The following 

 are English localities : 



Berkshire. Burghfield, near Reading S. 

 C. Bird. 



Buckinghamshire. Dray ton- Beauchamp, 

 H. II. Grewe ; Hal ton Joseph Greene. 



Cambridgeshire. Ely Man-hall Fisher; 

 Whittlesford and in the Fens F. Bond; (it 

 was formerly common near Cambridge, but 

 has not been seen for some years) Thomas 

 Brown. 



Cheshire. Near Eaotham, but rare Edwin 

 Bircliall. 



Cumberland. Common in the county ; 

 Worton Moss, Newby Cross, and abundant 

 also at Brick House, Sabergham. The cater- 

 pillar from this bleak place produces very 

 small dark specimens, and also some beautiful 

 varieties with large canary-coloured spots on 

 the fore wings J. B. Hodgldnson. 



Derbyshire. Cromford //. II. Crewe. 



Devonshire. Near Exeter J. Hellins ; 

 woods at Ivybridge, and near the viaduct at 

 the extreme end of the wood G. C. Bignell. 



Dorsetshire. Glanville's Wootton, Middle- 

 marsh Woods, Parley, and other places 

 J. C. Dale. 



Durham. Near Castle Eden Dene W. 

 Moling ; in the Floss locality, I am informed 

 by Mr. Proctor, Jun., of theDurham Museum, 

 that it is most abundant, the food-plant, the 

 devil's-bit scabious, growing tl i'e in great 

 quantity George Wailes. 



Essex. Near Epping E. Doubleday ; 

 about Colchester, but not nearly so common as 

 brmerly W. LHarwood; Saffron Walden, 

 W. R. Jeffrey. 



Glamorganshire. Common nearLlantiissant 

 Evan John ; sparingly in short hay mea- 

 dows about Ynisygerwn J. T. D. Llewelyn. 



Gloucestershire. Near Gloucester, bvit very 

 l;cal J. Merrin ; Guiting Joseph Greene; 

 Clifton Alfred L'udd. 



Hampshire. Wmblington W. BwMer ; 

 Brockenhurst F. Bond ; Wool mer Forest 

 G. G. Barrett ; common near Fordingbridge 

 G. B. Corlin. 



Herefordshire. Not common near Leo- 

 minster Mrs. Hutchinton ; I have met with 

 it occasionally in all the damp meadows near 

 Leominster, but not abundantly. I have 

 observed it more particularly in the Caswell 

 fields E. Newman. 



Huntingdonshire. Yaxley F. Bond. 



Lancashire. Rare J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Lincoln-hire. Comn.on in the county 

 T. H. A His. 



Middlesex. Kingsbury F. Bond. 



Monmouthshire. Very common near 

 Heullis' and St. Julian's Woods George Lock. 



Norfolk. Near Aldeby, but confined to a 

 few marshes W. M. Crowfoot. 



Northamptonshire. Aid winkle, near Wad- 

 ingham F. Bond ; nearTowcester Hamlet 

 Clark. 



Oxfordshire. Stow Wood and BayU-.y 

 Wood IF. II. Draper. 



Somersetshire. Clevedon A. E. Ilndd. 



Staffordshire. Crarldock Moss 7'. W. 

 Daitry ; Charnwood Forest Edivin Broion. 



Suffolk. Near Stowmarket //. 11. Crcwe; 

 Brandeston and Pla)ford Joseph Greene; 

 Haverhill W. Gaze. 



Surrey. Haslemere, irregularly G. G. 

 Barrett. 



Sussex. Foxborough Marsh W. Buckler; 

 abundant in the forest near Wych Cross 



E. Jenner. 



Westmoreland. Rare at Witherslack 

 J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Wight, Isle of. Very local, but abundant 

 where it occurs, damp meadows James 

 Pristo ; Ventnor Alfred Owen ; Sandown 



F. Bond. 



Wiltshire. Clatford, and near Great Bed- 

 wyn T. A. Preston. 



Worcestershire. Meadows at Hambleton 

 and Oddingley J. E. Fletcher; formerly 

 abundant at Great Malvern, but seems to 

 have disappeared since the drainage W. 

 Edwards. 



Yorkshire. Near York Robert Cook. 



