FR1TILLABIES. 



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underside yellowish, the second brood dark 

 J. C. Dale.) 



(Durham. Formerly atGibside John Han- 

 cock; formerly at Castle Eden Dene and Shull 

 William Backhouse; formerly at Darling- 

 ton, but now almost, if not quite, extinct J. 

 Sang.) 



(Essex. Many years since it used to occur 

 in profusion at Epping ; I cannot give any 

 date, but it was when I was a mere child I 

 should judge about 1817 or 1818. Two or 

 three of the specimens taken then were in 

 existence not many years back Edward 

 Doubleday) ; two or three have been taken at 

 Colchester, but it is a great rarity W. H. 

 Harwood; Saffron Walden W. R. Jeffrey. 



Glamorganshire. Scarce at Llantrissant 

 Evan John; oocurs regularly, but sparingly, at 

 Ynisygerwn J. D. T. Llewelyn. 



Gloucestershire. Several places near Glou- 

 cester Joseph Merrin; gardens at Pitchcombe 

 near Painswick, and about Stroud M. G. 

 Musgrave; Guiting Joseph Greene; Coombe 

 Glen, near Bristol F. D. Wheeler; Leigh 

 Woods and Stapleton Alfred E. Hudd. 



Hampshire. Farlington W. Buckler ; 

 occasionally seen, but far from common G. 

 B. Corbin. 



Herefordshire. Oakley Park F. E. liar- 

 man; Amestrey,Monkland, Westhope, Brierly, 

 Dinmore, Boddenham, and all round Leomin- 

 ster E. Newman; very common in hopyards 

 someyears, in others scarce Mrs. HutcJdnson; 

 near Bromyard W. H. Draper. 



Huntingdonshire. Near Peterborough F. 

 Bond; Monkswood on the 5th and 6th of 

 July, 1832 James Francis St<-pJiens. 



(Kent. From many sources I learn that 

 this butterfly was said to be common in the 

 Maidstone hop di>trict half a century ago, but 

 1 have no more precise or reliable information 

 E. Newman.) 



Lancashire. In gardens occasionally 

 Edwin Birdiall; Grange J. B. Hodykinson. 



Lincolnshire T. H. Allis. 



Middlesex. One taken near Edgware F. 

 Bond. 



Monmouthshire. Rather scarce in Huellis' 

 and St Julian's Woods George Lock. 



Northamptonshire. Common near Waden- 

 ham F. Bond; near Tovvcoster Hamlet 

 Clark. 



Northumberland. I saw a specimen in 



1868 which had been taken near Newcastle 

 W. Maling. 



Nottinghamshire. It used to be taken 

 near Mansfield, and also at Ollerton and 

 Warsop, but not of late years R. E. Brameld; 

 Newark and the neighbourhood George 

 Guscoyne. 



Oxfordshire. Bagley Wood W. 11 

 Draper. 



Radnorshire. Frequent about New Radnor, 

 Hindwell, Llandegley, Pen-y-bont, and Llan- 

 driridod, settling on the common thistles of 

 the wayside. E. Newman. 



Shropshire. Coalbrookdale and Wenlock 

 G. G. Barrett. 



Somersetshire. Clevedon A. E. Hudd. 



Staffordshire. Swinnerton Old Park T. 

 W. Daltry ; Repton Scrubs and Seal Wood, 

 near Burton-on-Trent Edwin Brown. In 

 some years it is far from uncommon at Wolver- 

 hampton ; ten specimens were taken here in 

 1867, five of them feeding on ripe damsons 



F. E. Morris. 



Warwickshire. Occasionally at Stratford- 

 on- Avon W. G. Colborne; Rugby A. H. 

 Wratislaw. 



(Wight, Isle of. It is reported to have oc- 

 curred in former years in the island, more 

 especially at Freshwater, but the three excel- 

 lent entomologists who have heard the tradi- 

 tion namely, James Pristo, Alfred Owen, 

 and Henry Rogers, possess no further know- 

 ledge of the subject.) 



Wiltshire. Has occnrred once near Marl 

 borough T. A. Preston. 



Worcestershire. It occurs occasionally in 

 all parts of the county .7. E. Fletcher; for- 

 merly abundant at Great Malvern, but now 

 scarce W. Edwards. 



Yorkshire. Common at York T. H. Allis 

 (formerly taken at Raincliff Wood, near Scar- 

 borough, but not of late years J. H. 

 Rowntree) ; Huddersfield, rarely and singly 



G. T. Porritt; Halifax, Sheffield, Wakefield, 

 Leeds Edwin Birchall. 



