A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



all in the west of the county ; Alcester, Haselor and Salford Priors in 

 extreme south-west ; Whitchurch, Wolford, Idlicote, Wellesbourne, 

 Ettington, all nearly south ; Rugby in the extreme east ; Atherstone on 

 the north-east border ; Brandon, Coombe, Waveney and PVankton Woods 

 all in the eastern parts of the county ; and Coventry, Warwick, etc., 

 almost in the centre. A glance at the map will show that most of the 

 places where the majority of our records have been made happen to be 

 on or very near the border line of the county. 



The total number of species recorded is only 813, excluding doubt- 

 fully accurate ones, a very poor number which could easily be added to 

 by a little attention to the smaller species. There are 46 butterflies, of 

 which 6 Aporia crafagi, Vanessa Antiopa, Nemeobius lucina, Lyccena Argus, 

 L. Condon, and L. semiargus have no good claim to be considered War- 

 wickshire insects. The larger species, Noctuidas, Geometridae, etc., of 

 the old lists are fairly well represented, whilst the greater number of 

 blanks will be found in the old families Tortricida? and Tineidae. 



I have adopted for this list the classification and nomenclature of 

 Staudinger and Rebel's last catalogue without change, although I do not 

 think that it by any means reaches the high water mark of modern 

 entomological progress. I have given synonyms according to no regular 

 system, quoting only those which it seemed to me would be helpful 

 to make clear the species intended. 



land it is never abundant witli us. 

 It is very rarely seen excepting in 

 the big Edusa years. I have records 

 from Bent ley Heath (A. H. Mar- 

 tineau) ; Meriden (one = 1892, 

 G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle (W. Kiss, 

 W. G. Blatch Hand., J. T. 

 Fountain) ; Yardley and Coleshill 

 (W. G. Blatch Hand.); Marston 

 Green (Blatch Cat.) ; Allesley (occa- 

 sionally, W. Bree) ; Warwick (com- 

 mon in 1877, but never seen since ; 

 two of var. Helice amongst them, 

 P. P. Baly) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) ; 

 Wolford Woods (plentiful in 1900, 

 Austen) ; Whitchurch (J. H. Bloom) ; 

 Sutton Coldfield (J. W. Moore En- 

 tom, 1892); Wolford (common in 

 1877 ; also var. Helice, W. C. E. 

 Wheeler) ; Rugby (Lucas, E.M.M. 

 1892, p. 266) ; several records in 

 Rugby lists in years 1867, 1877, 

 1889, 1892, including one var. 

 Helice at Overslade (J. M. Furness, 

 1892), etc. 



Gonepteryx rhamni, L. Throughout the 

 county 



NYMPHALID^ 

 NYMPHALINJE 



Apatura Iris, L. Very rare. I have never 

 seen a Warwickshire specimen, but 



PIERID^E 



Aporia cratsegi, L. Never seems to have 

 been a native of this county. The 

 Rev. W. Bree once took a single 

 specimen at Allesley, and Mr. W. C. 

 E. Wheeler says he has an old speci- 

 men of his father's which he believes 

 was taken at Wolford 



Pieris brassicae, L. Common everywhere 



- rapas, L. 



- '"Pi, L. 

 Euchloe cardamines, L. 

 Leptidia (Lcucophasia) sinapis, L. Very 



rare ; I know of no recent captures. 

 Mr. W. G. Blatch (Brit. Assoc. 

 Hand.) says: 'Occasionally in woods 

 near Knoiu/e.' It occurs in Mr. F. 

 Enock's list, 1869, probably referring 

 to the same place ; and in the Rugby 

 It6t for 1874 (H. Vicars) 



Colias Hyale, L. Very rare ; only casuals 

 have occurred. Edgbaston Reservoir 

 (one in 1868, F. Enock ; mentioned 

 in Newman's) ; Rugby (W. S. 

 Edmonds, Rugby list, 1888); near 

 Birmingham (G. H.Kenrick, E.M.M. 

 1868, p. 107) ; Wolford Woods 

 (several in 1900, Austen) 



Colias Edusa, F. We get our share of the 

 occasional immigrations of this 

 species, although being so far in- 



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