BRITISH BUT'imFidJSS. 



LOCALITIES. My experience of this insect is 

 that it is of much less common occurrence than 

 the preceding, and also that it selects different 

 lituations. I have never observed it in woods ; 

 but this must not be supposed sufficient proof 

 that it never occurs in them : its favourite 

 localities are the sides of hills partially covered 

 with the common brakes (Pteris o?tti&na), and 

 having a scattered growth of the mountain 

 violet ( Viola luted] ; and it appears to delight 

 in sand-hills by the sea-side, especially where 

 the marram or sea reed (Ammopkila arenaria) 

 and sea lyme-grass (Elymusarenarius)&\>o\\\iA. 

 I have not ob.^erved any species of violet to 

 occur commonly in such situations. In Ire- 

 land, as I am informed by the Hon. Miss 

 Lawless, it was rather plentiful in the year 

 1866 in Lyons' Woods, and in one or two 

 places near; and by Mr. Birchall, that it is 

 common everywhere on the sea-coast. Ir- 

 Scotland it appears to be abundant, and has 

 been taken by Mr. Douglas on the shores of 

 Loch Katrine, by Mr. Campbell at Millport, 

 by Dr. Syme at Dollar, and Mr. Birchall in 

 Argyllshire and the Island of Arran. A 

 reference to Mr. Jenner-Fust's paper on the 

 Distribution of Lepidoptera will show that it 

 has a still wider and more northern range. I 

 give below a more detailed list of English and 

 Welsh localities, with the authority for each 

 in italics. 



Anglesea. Sea-coast near BeaumarLs, on a 

 bank close to the Menai E. Newman. 



Berkshire. Burghfield, near Reading 

 C. S. Bird. 



Brecknockshire. Very common on the 

 ferny hills near Builth, especially on the 

 sloping sides of the river Elan, as Cwm 

 Elan. The counties of Radnor and Breck- 

 nock meet at this spot, and this butterfly is 

 equally common in both E. Newman. 



Buckinghamshire. Drayton- Beauchamp., 

 Aston- Clinton, Biruhland II. H. Crewe ; 

 Hal ton /. Greene. 



Cambridgeshire. Ely Marshall fisher ; 

 common some seasons in Horningsea and Quy 

 Fens, near Cambridge Thomas Brown. 



Cheshire. Sandhills on the sea-coast E. 

 Birchall. 



Cumberland. Barren Wood, near 

 waite. Very common in the county and throuoh- 

 out the lake district J. B. Hodglnnson, 



Devonshire. Near Newton Abbott J. 

 Hellins ; Whitsand Cliffs, Staddon Heights, 

 Bolt Head, Berry Head, Babbington, Ro- 

 borough Down, Hingston Down, Dewerstone, 

 Exeter, Torquay, Sidmouth, Launceston 

 Readings Catalogue. 



Dorsetshire. Two specimens at Glanville's 

 Wootton very many years since ; Lulworth 

 Downs; downs near AbbotsUiry. J.G. Dale. 



Durham. Woodlands, near Shotley Bridge 

 William Backhouse ; Gibside William 

 Moling. 



Essex. Southend W. II. Harwood. 



Glamorganshire. Common at Llantrissant 

 Evan John ; on sand-hills on the coast 

 J. T. D. Llewelyn. 



Gloucestershire. Dursley, Painswick, and 

 in most of the hill districts J. Merrin; 

 abundant at Dane way Common andSappertou 

 M. G. Musgrave ; Leigh, Brockley, ai.d 

 other places near Bristol Alfred E. liudd : 

 not uncommon in the woods above Wootton- 

 under-Edge V. R. Perkins. 



Hampshire. Lyndhurst and BrouKfc^iicum 

 W. Buckler. New Forest and other woods 

 J. B. Corbin. 



Herefordshire. Hunter's Gate, Oakley 

 Park, common F. E. Harman ; Croft and 

 Berrington Mrs. Ilutchinson. 



Huntingdonshire. Monk's Wood J. F. 

 Stephens, F. Bond. 



Kent. East Cliff, at Folkestone. Very 

 plentiful on the slopes behind Dover Castle 

 G. H. Raynor ; on the open downs every- 

 where between Canterbury and the North 

 Foreland W. 0. Hammond. 



Lancashire. Sand-hills on thfe sea-coast 

 E. Birchall; common on the sandhills near 

 Blackpool J. B. Hodgkinson ; Silverdale 

 James Murton. 



Lincolnshire. Common in the county 

 T. H. A His. 



Man, Isle oi Taken at Douglas E. 

 Birchall. 



Monmouthshire. Rather scarce, lleulli. 

 Wood George Lock. 



