INSECTS 





NYMPHALINJE (continued) 



have the following records for it : 

 Ettington Park (one, some time since, 

 J. H. Bloom) ; Wolford (frequently 

 seen, a few taken years ago by my 

 father, W. C. E. Wheeler) ; Oakley 

 Woods (is said to have been taken 

 there, but have never seen it there, 

 or a specimen from there, P. P. 

 Baly). Mr. W. G. Blatch speaks 

 of its occurrence in woods near 

 Coventry and Leamington, on what 

 authority I do not know (Brit. 

 Asm. Hand.; also E.M.M. 1887, 

 p. 199) ; it occurs in Rugby list 

 for 1888 (W. S. Edmonds), and 

 Morris mentions its occurrence at 

 Anstey 



Pyrameis Atalanta, L. Occurs in every 

 list from all parts of the county, and 

 is sometimes abundant, but not 

 generally. It seems very irregular 

 in its appearance 



cardui, L. The same remarks apply 



to this as to the last species 

 Vanessa Jo, L. This species likewise 

 occurs in every list I have received, 

 but frequently with the remark ' not 

 common.' I have not often seen it 

 myself in the county 



urticae, L. Common everywhere. One 



var. polaris Small Heath (A. D. Imms, 

 E.M.M. 1901, p. 148) 

 [ 1-album, Esp. A specimen of this 

 species is said to have been taken by 

 Mr. B. May at Henley-in-Arden 

 about 1877. The specimen was 

 exhibited at a meeting of the 

 Birmingham Ent. Soc., and the 

 capture seemed genuine. It was 

 probably an accidental importation] 



polychloros, L. Rare ; there seems to 



be a general opinion that it is rarer 

 now than it used to be. Sutton 

 (one, R. C. Bradley ; one, C. 

 J. Wainwright) ; Knowle (W. Kiss, 

 Blatch Hand.) ; Allesley (scarce, 

 W. Bree) ; Warwick (but not no- 

 ticed lately, P. P. Baly); Wolf or d 

 (used to be common, but now almost 

 gone, W. C. E. Wheeler) ; Rugby, 

 Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists, several 

 records). Newman quotes, 'not un- 

 common (W. G. Colbourne) ; Strat- 

 ford-on-Avon (W. G. Colbourne) ; 

 Rugby (A. H. Wratislaw) ' ; and 

 Morris gives Anstey 



Antiopa, L. I have the following re- 



cords : Sutton Park (one, Titley) ; 

 Warwick (one taken by C. S. H. 



NYMPHALIN^: (continued} 



Perceval, Aug. 22, 1872; Entom. 

 Dec. 1872); Coombe Wood near Rug- 

 by (one, H. Vicars, Rugby list, 

 1874) ; Birmingham near Cannon 

 Hill Park (one, R. C. R. Jordan, 

 E.M.M. 1880, p. 113); Warwick 

 (one taken by a lady and recorded 

 by E. G. Baldwin, E.M.M. i. 213) 



Polygonia c-album, L. Fairly generally 

 distributed, but never abundant. I 

 have however many records for it, 

 and W. G. Blatch says (Brit. Assoc. 

 Hand.) that it is sometimes seen 

 even in the streets of Birmingham 



Melitaea aurinia, Rott. (Artemis, Hb.). 

 Rare ; here and there small colonies 

 in very restricted areas. Knowle 

 (R. C. Bradley, Blatch Hand.) ; 

 Vmberslade (J. T. Fountain) ; Alles- 

 ley (once only, W. Bree) ; Wolford 

 (very local, one or two fields only, 

 W. C. E. Wheeler) ; Brandon Woods 

 (Rugby lists) ; Morris quotes Coles- 

 bill and Coventry. It used to occur 

 in Sutton Park, but on draining the 

 marshes to build the railway through 

 it its haunts were destroyed, and the 

 last time it was heard of was in 1882, 

 when a few specimens were taken 

 by E. C. Tye 



[ cinxia, L. Morris recorded the cap- 

 ture of a specimen at Leamington by 

 Mr. Walhouse ; doubtless an error] 



Argynnis Selene, Schiff. Common in many 

 of the larger woods. Manton Green 

 (E. C. Tye, G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle 

 (W. Kiss, Blatch Hand., etc.) ; Coles- 

 hill Pool (W. Bree) ; Sutton Coldfield 

 (Stainton in Manual] ; Rugby = Bran- 

 don Woods, Princethorpe, etc. (Rugby 

 lists) ; Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) ; 

 Coombe (G. B. Longstaff, E.M.M. 

 1866, p. 138) 



Euphrosyne, L. Distributed more widely 

 than the above. Manton Green (E. C. 

 Tye, G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle (R. C. 

 Bradley, Blatch Hand., etc.) ; Coven- 

 try (G. H. Kenrick) ; Sutton (one in 

 garden, R. C. Bradley) ; Hay Woods 

 (H. W. Ellis) ; Carley (abundant for- 

 merly in woods at Corley ; none seen 

 for many years, W. Bree) ; Oakley 

 and Hay Woods (very common, P. P. 

 Baly) ; Rugby = Brandon Woods, 

 Princethorpe, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Wolford 

 Woods (Austen and W. C. E. 

 Wheeler) ; Coombe (G. B. Long- 

 staff, E.M.M. 1866, p. 138) 



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