A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



' (I.N.H.W. p. 137) ; Worcester, 1874 ; 

 St. John's, Worcester (W. H. Edwards) ; 

 Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree 

 Fox) ; among elm trees (Fletcher) 

 Vanessa io, L. IVyre Forest, July 30, 1896, 

 common (Fletcher) 



— antiopa, L. Worfield House, Malvern, 



thirty years ago (R.F.T.) ; two Mal- 

 vern (W.E.), near College grounds 

 (C. F. Grindrod) ; Upton (Sewell, E. 

 & T. p. 3) ; very uncommon, but 

 has been captured at Barhourne, close to 

 //^«rf«?^r (I.N.H.W. p. 137) 



— atalanta, L. Hanbury Churchyard, Sept. 



22, 1895 ; common (Fletcher) 



— X cardui. West Malvern (W.E. 1876, 



E.&T. p. 3) 



— cardui, L. Occasionally common (Fletcher) 

 Limenitis sibilla, L. Worcester (St. p. 34) ; 



not confirmed (N. p. 70, M. p. 335) ; 

 Cradley, 186 1 (R.F.T.) ; Croft Banks 

 (W.E., E. & T. p. 2) ; one taken 

 near Worcester (I.N.H.W. p. 138) 

 Apatura iris, L. One near Park Wood, 

 West Malvern, 1 864 (W. Edwards, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 1 76) ; observed at 

 Perdiswell, but is very rarely taken 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 138) 



2. SATYRID^ 



Melanargia galathea, L. Worcester (St. p. 

 26) ; Himbleton (Fletcher) ; Monk 

 Wood, Malvern (N. p. 80) ; The Slads, 

 July 25, 1899; Malvern Woods, 

 Eldersfield, Bow Wood, Bredon, Trench 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); once or twice 

 Croft Banks (W.E., Goodyear) ; Cow- 

 leigh Park (E. & T. p. 2) ; Bredon, 

 July 14, 1895 



— m?gJfa7L. ^' } ^°'""'°" (Fletcher) 

 Satyrus semele, L. Worcester (St. p. 28) ; 



Malvern Hills (W. Edwards, July, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); rocks near 

 Winds Point and elsewhere about the 

 hills (E. & T. p. 2) ; Bewdley Forest 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 138) 

 Epinephele tithonus, L. "| 



— janira, L. J- Common (Fletcher) 



— hyperanthus, L. J 

 Ccenonympha tiphon, Rott. Not common 



(I.N.H.W. p. 138) 



— pamphilus, L. Common (Fletcher) 



3. ERYCINID^ 



Nemeobius lucina, L. Worcester (St. p. 49) ; 

 sparingly 2 miles from Great Malvern 

 (N. p. 105) ; at foot of Berrow Hill, 

 Martley{TM.l<i.¥.C. p. 176) ; Trench 



Woods and Craycombe (I.N.H.W. p. 

 137) 



4. LYCiENID^ 



Thecla rubi, L. Worcester (St. p. 54) ; Wyre 

 Common, June 12, 1899 ; Croft Wood, 

 Oddingley (Fletcher) 



— pruni, L. (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); rare 



(I.N.H.W. p. 138) 



— w.-album, Kn. Worcester and formerly 



Great Malvern (N. p. 110); Cowleigh 

 Park, rare (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); 

 Malvern Link (R.F.T.) ; Cowleigh Park 

 (W.E., E. & T. p. 4) ; Trench and 

 Warndon Woods (A. Edmunds, 

 I.N.H.W. p. 138) ; St. John's, Worcester 

 and Bransford (W. H. Edwards) ; 

 among elms, Cotheridge (Fletcher) 



— betuls, L. Worcester (St. p. 52) ; Trench 



Woods (N. p. 114, and Fletcher) ; 

 August, scarce (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176) ; 

 Cowleigh (E. & T. p. 4) ; Wyre Forest 

 (W. H. Edwards) 



— quercus, L. Worcester (St. p. 54) ; Monk 



Wood, Crown East, Middleyards and 

 Trench, July (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); 

 Cowleigh Park and Malvern Link 

 (R.F.T., E. & T. p. 4) ; larvae, Wyre 

 Forest, 1899 (W. H. Edwards, Fletcher) 

 Chrysophanus minimus, Fuesl. The Slads, 

 June 16, 1898, May 31 and July 25, 

 1899; Broadway, June 23, 1898; 

 lime pits, Croft Farm, common 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); The Wyche, 

 1898 (W.E., E. & T. p. 4) ; Od- 

 dingley (Fletcher) 



— semiargus, Rott. One seen, July, 1855, 



near Croft Farm (T.M.N.F.C. p. 176) ; 

 extinct (E. & T. p. 4) ; Hawford, near 

 Worcester dinA Trench Woods (I.N.H.W. 

 p. 139) ; Hilly Fields (Fletcher) 



— astrarche, Bgstr. Not uncommon 



(T.M.N.F.C. p. 176); Broadway, 

 June 23, 1898 ; West Malvern, June 

 8, 1899; Bredon, Oddingley {YXetchzr) 



— phlasas, L. Common (Fletcher) 



— var. Schmidtii. (R.F.T., E. & T. 



P- 4) 



— dispar, Hw. Very rare in this county ; 



a solitary individual has been taken 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 138) 

 Lycaena argiolus, L. Midsummer Hill, 1895, 

 and May 14, 1899; Bilberry Hill, 

 June 10, 1899; Worcester; generally 

 distributed 



— corydon. Pod. Helhury Hill, Worcester 



(E. Lees, T.M.N.F.C. p. 176) 



— agon, Schiff. Trench Woods (I.N.H.W. 



P- 139) 



— Icarus, Rott. Common (Fletcher) 



