A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



LEPIDOPTERA 



This list is almost entirely due to Mr. Holland and Mr. Hamm ; help has also been 

 given by the following : Mrs. Chorley (formerly Miss M. Kimber, of Cope Hall, Newbury), 

 Mr. A. H. Clarke, Mr. E. Meyrick, the Rev. C. R. Digby (a good list of rare micros), Lieut.-Col. 

 Mochler-Ferryman, Mr. J. H. Durrant, Mrs. Bazett, Mr. Wells, Mr. A. Sidgwick, Mr. N. V. 

 Sidgwick, Mr. Pogson-Smith and Mr. Geldart. Mr. Holland has also made use of a list of insects 

 captured at Burghfield by the Rev. C. S. Bird (Entom. Mag. vol. ii., 1835), and of these he 

 writes as follows : ' Many of Bird's species used to be looked on with doubt, but I have my- 

 self taken and verified most of them as occurring there still.' 



RHOPALOCERA. 



PlERIDJE 



Aporia crataegi, Linn. Burgh- 

 field (Bird) ; near En- 

 borne (Steph.). Now ex- 

 tinct. 



*Pieris brassicae, Linn. 



* rapx, Linn. 



* napi, Linn. 



Euchloe cardamines, Linn. 

 Leucophasia sinapis, Linn. 

 Burghfield (Bird) ; Brad- 

 field (Joy) ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



Colias hyale, Linn. Well distri- 

 buted but very uncertain 



edusa, Fabr. Occurs every- 



where, but irregularly 

 'Gonopteryx rhamni, Linn. 



NYMPHALID;E 



Argynnis selene, Schiff. Local 

 in woody places. Plenti- 

 ful at Wokingham, Burgh- 

 field, and Aldermaston 

 Park ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; Tubney (Walk- 

 er) 



euphrosyne, Linn. Fairly 



general in woods ; often 

 abundant in several woods 



latona, Linn. Mr. J. Clarke 



of Reading saw a specimen 

 in 1867 or 1868, in the 

 cabinet of a grocer at 

 Henley, the owner of 

 which stated that it had 

 been taken on the Park 

 Place estate, in the county 

 of Berks 



aglaia, Linn. Local, but 



sometimes common where 

 it occurs ; Sandhurst 

 (Mochler - Ferryman) ; 

 Well. Coll. ; Burghfield ; 

 Ufton; Aldermaston Park 



adippe, Linn. Common in 



many woods 



paphia, Linn. Widely dis- 



tributed in woody places ; 

 the var. valezina, Esp. 

 occasionally at Basildon 

 and Streatley 



NYMPHALIDJE (continued) 

 Melitasa aurinia, Rott. Burgh- 

 field (Bird); Tilehurst, 

 near railway station, once. 

 Particularly abundant at 

 Enborne (Steph.); Newbury 

 (Mrs. Chorley); Cothill 

 (Jackson) ; Bagley Wood 

 (A. Sidgwick) 



athalia, Rott. Well. Coll., 



several in 1899 (Wells) ; 

 Bagley Wood 



Vanessa c-album, Linn. Bagley 

 Wood (W. H. Draper) 

 (Newm.) ; also more re- 

 cently (Lambert), and 

 1901 (Jackson) 



polychloros, Linn. Gener- 



ally distributed, some- 

 times abundant, as in 

 1874, l8 93> an d I 9 I 



* urticae, Linn. 



* io, Linn. 



antiopa, Linn. Taken in 



Berks (Steph.) ; White- 

 knights' Park, Reading, in 

 August 1872 (Wilkins) ; 

 Burghfield, two specimens 

 seen in 1892 (Wallis) ; 

 Ardington, two specimens 

 taken in September 1880 

 (C. L. Lindsay) 



* atalanta, Linn 



t cardui, Linn. 



Limenitis sibylla, Linn. Local, 

 but sometimes tolerably 

 common. Mortimer; 



Burghfield; Ufton; Pad- 

 worth; Aldermaston Park; 

 Bradfield (Joy) ; Enborne 

 Copse (Steph.) ; one near 

 Bagley Wood, July 15, 

 1897, by W. R. Strick- 

 land 



APATURID.E 



Apatura iris, Linn. Mortimer ; 

 Burghfield ,- Ufton (W. 

 Barnes) ; Padworth ; Al- 

 dermaston Park ; Bradfield 

 (Joy) ; Enborne Copse 

 (Steph.) ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; Bagley Wood 

 (W. J. Lucas) 



IOO 



SATYRIDJE 



Melanargia galatea, Linn. Very 

 local, but plentiful where 

 it occurs. Mortimer ; 

 Burghfield, by G. W. Rail- 

 way bank ; Streatley Hill ; 

 The Downs ; Tubney ; 

 Henwood ; Lamboum (Blair) 

 *Pararge egeria, Linn. 



* megaera, Linn. 



Satyrus semele, Linn. Local, 

 but generally common 

 where it occurs. Sand- 

 hurst (Mochler-Ferry- 

 man) ; Wokingham, on 

 the heath ; Bradfield 

 (Joy) ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; on the downs, 

 but not commonly 

 *Epinephele janira, Linn. 



* tithonus, Linn. 



* hyperanthus, Linn. 

 "Ccenonympha pamphilus, Linn. 



Thecla betulae, Linn. Burgh- 

 field (Bird) ; Bradfield 

 (Joy) ; Wallingford (Cole- 

 man) ; at Bagley it is not 

 uncommon in open places, 

 and round the edges of the 

 wood. 



W-album, Knoch. Local 



and irregular in numbers. 

 Maidenhead (A.H.Clarke); 

 Sonning ; Burghfield (Bird); 

 Ufton (W. Barnes) ; 

 Bradfield (Young) ; Streat- 

 ley ; Lambourn (Blair) ; 

 Tubney 



quercus, Linn. Common 



generally in oak woods. 

 At flowers of the lime in 

 Aldermaston Park it is 

 particularly easy to catch 



rubi, Linn. Widely distri- 



buted and sometimes 



common 



Polyommatus phloeas, Linn. 

 Var. schmidtii, Gerh. at Streat- 



ley and Henwood 

 'Lycsena aegon, Schiff. On most 



of the heaths in abundance 

 * astrarche, Bgstr. 



