A HISTORY OF KENT 



recorded more frequently from Kent than from any other part of the 

 United Kingdom, and many specimens have from time to time been 

 taken in all parts of the county, especially about Broadstairs, Margate, 

 Ramsgate, Sandwich, Deal,^ Dover, Folkestone and Hythe. This species, 

 being common on the continent of Europe, would naturally be more 

 frequently found in Kent owing to its proximity to the continent than 

 in other English counties. The Orange Tip {Anthochar'u cardamines, L.) 

 is generally distributed in lanes, roadsides, fields and woods. The Brim- 

 stone {Gonepteryx rhamni, L.) occurs throughout the county and is com- 

 mon in most woods and other places where its food plant is plentiful. 

 The Clouded Yellow {Colias edusa, Fb.) is generally distributed through- 

 out the county, and is, in certain seasons, abundant on the chalk downs 

 and on railway banks, and in clover and lucerne fields, especially on the 

 coast about Dover, Folkestone, Deal, Sandwich, Margate, Heme Bay, 

 Westgate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate. It is also plentiful nearer London, 

 as at Strood, Greenhithe and Dartford, and even in the metropolitan 

 district in certain seasons. The white variety of the female (var. helice) 

 generally occurs with the type more or less commonly, and I have taken 

 several forms of great interest near Dover. The Pale Clouded Yellow 

 (C. hyale, L.) is generally distributed throughout the county and is in 

 some years abundant about Margate, Ramsgate, Deal, Dover and Folke- 

 stone. It also occurs inland as at Maidstone, Yalding, Ashford and 

 Wye ; in the metropolitan district about Dartford, Greenhithe and 

 Eltham, and even close to London. I found it commonly near Dover 

 and Folkestone in 1888. The Silver-washed Fritillary {Argynnis paphia, 

 L.) occurs in some of the Kentish woods, but it is not abundant as it is 

 in the New Forest and in the Forest of Dean. I am not aware of the 

 occurrence in Kent of the melanic variety of the female (var. valezina),^ 

 but the late Mr. Ramsay Cox reported having on one occasion seen 

 a specimen in a wood near Sturry, The Dark Green Fritillary [A. 

 aglaia, L.) is generally distributed throughout the county both on the 

 chalk hills and in the wooded part of the weald. It is common on the 

 North Downs between Canterbury and the North Foreland and about 

 Folkestone, Dover, Otford, Shoreham, West Wickham and everywhere 

 on the downs. I have found it abundantly at the base of the downs to 

 the north of Folkestone and between Folkestone and Dover. The High 

 Brown Fritillary {A. adippe, L.)' is not so generally distributed as the 

 last species, but it is not uncommon in some localities near Watering- 

 bury and near Sevenoaks. It also occurs in Kingswood and Penny Pot 

 Woods, between Wye and Canterbury. I have taken it in Eastwell Park 



1 Colonel Swinhoe about six years ago recorded in the Entomologist the capture of three specimens 

 at Deal.— H. G. 



* I doubt the occurrence of this variety in Kent. In my experience it is confined to the New 

 Forest, where it is, in some seasons, very common. I have never seen it in the Forest of Dean in 

 Gloucestershire or on the banks of the Wye.. It has been reported as occurring singly in Devon, 

 Dorset and Sussex. — H. G. 



3 Mr. Farn records the capture of one specimen at Chattenden Woods in 1876, and Mr. Fenn 

 says it formerly occurred at Darenth. Mr. Goodwin says it is fairly common near Wateringbury. — 

 H. G. 



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