A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



RHOPALOCERA 



PlERIDAE 



NYMPHALIDAE (cont.) 



Pieris brassicae, L. General 



rapae, L. Plentiful throughout the county 



napi, L. In gardens and meadows, but not so 



plentiful as the two last species 

 Euchk>5 cardamines, L. Very general in the 



spring and frequents lilac bloom 

 Leucophasia sinapis, L. Only recorded as having 



occurred once at Stvynnerton by Mr. Alfred 



Smith 

 Colias edusa, Fb. Rare, but has been observed in 



most parts of the county. The var. helice, 



Hb. has been taken once near Stafford 

 Gonopteryx rhamni, L. Rare. Madeley, Crad- 



docKt Moss, Dovedale, Cheadle, Oakamoor, 



Hamfs Valley, Mayfeld 



NYMPHALIDAE 



Argynnis selene, Schiff. Burnt Woods, Bagofs 

 Park, Dovedale, Chartley (B. L.) 



euphrosyne, L. Common in Burnt Woods in 



some seasons 



aglai.i, L. Fairly plentiful on Cannock Chase, 



one dark var. formerly Dcvedale 



adippe, L. Trentl.am in June, 1901, and 



Downs Banks, near Stone, 1893 ; formerly 

 Dovedale (late Rev. H. Harpur Crevve) 

 - paphia, L. One in Swynnerton Old Park, 



1890 



Mclitaea aurinia, Rott. CraJdock's Moss, but very 

 uncertain in appearance ; one at Burton 

 (B. L.) 



athalia, Rott. Burnt Woods (}. B. Hodgkin- 



son), abundant in one locality in South 

 Staffordshire (J. Hardy, vide Newman's 

 British Butterflies, 48) 



Vanessa C-album, L. A few noted most years, 

 but far from common. Madeley, Cheadle, 

 Oakamoor, Cannock Chase, Leek, Tixall, 

 Stone 



polychloros, L. One pupa at Madeley. An 



imago, Alstonfield, 1875 ; Dovedale, Frads- 

 vj ell Heath, near Stone, 1902 ; Burton, 'Need- 

 wood Forest (B. L.) 



urticae, L. Very common everywhere, and 



often emerges from hibernation on sunny 

 days in winter 



io, L. Very general in September and hiber- 

 nated specimens in early spring 



antiopa, L. Very rare, but has been taken at 



Badenhall near Eccleshall, Swynnerton, Stvyth- 

 amley, Madeley, and has been observed at 

 Alstonfieldty Rev. W. H. Purchas in 1880. 

 A noticeable immigration of this insect into 

 North Staffordshire took place in 1872. 

 One was seen near Warslovi on 28 August, 

 and another in the same district about the 

 same time. Miss Malleson observed one 

 near Hit/me End the same morning, and 

 Miss Purchas took a specimen (probably the 

 same individual) on the following after- 

 noon. Another was taken near Longnor on 



2 September, and two not far from Leek on 



3 September. Mr. Hugo H. Crewe saw 

 one near Warslow on 5 September, and 

 two more were taken on the moors shortly 

 after 



Vanessa atalanta, L. Some years very abundant and 

 general throughout the county 



cardui, L. Very uncertain, but plentiful some 



years 



SATYRIDAE 



Pararge megaera, L. Occasional, but nowhere 



common ; Forest Banks, Needwood (B. L.). 



Not met with in the north of the 



county 



Satyrus semele, I,. Bunster Hill, Dovedale 



(B. L.) 



Epinephele ianira, L. Common generally, but 



local 



tithonus, L. Not common. Cannock Chase, 



Madeley, Burton (B. L.) 

 - hyperanthes, L. Local. Burnt Woods, Madeley, 



Needwood Forest (B. L.) 



Coenonympha typhon, Rott. Very local. Chartley, 

 Chorlton Moss, and all the specimens appear 

 to be of the var. rothliebi, Stgr. Stafford- 

 shire appears to be about the southern limit 

 of this insect 



pamphilus, L. Very common on heaths 



LYCAENIDAE 



Thecla W-album, Knoch. One taken near Mod- 

 dershall in 1899 ; Burton, Knightley Perk, 

 (B. L.), Market Drayton, 1902 (E. D. B.) 



quercus, L. Stvynnerton, plentiful 



rubi, L. Common, but local. Cannock Chase, 



Cheadle, Maer, Stone, Dovedale; formerly 



plentiful (B. L.) 

 Polyommatus phloeas, L. Common generally in 



late summer and autumn 

 Lycaena aegon, Schiff. Very rare at Wolverhamp- 



ton (F. O. Morris, vide Newman's British 



Butterflies, p. 121) 



astrarche, Bgstr. Some years abundant in 



Dovedale 



icarus, Rott. Fairly common, but not in great 



abundance 



argiolus, L. Maer, Needwood Forest, Bunit 



Woods, Rugeley, Whitman, Parson's Brake 



minima, Fues. Rare, Dovedale 



HESPERIIDAE 



Syrichthus malvae, L. Very rare. Burnt Woods 

 Nisoniades tages, L. Leycett on coal-pit lows, near 



Market Drayton; Dovedale (B. L.) 

 Hesperia thaumas, Hufn. Local on railway banks 



at Madeley ; Burton, not uncommon (B. L.) 



sylvanus, Esp. Local, Burnt Woods, Maer ; 



Bagofs Park, common ; Chartley ; Burton, 

 not uncommon (B. L.) 



comma, L. Chartley (B. L.) 



