168 Macro-Lepidoptera of Wigtownshire. 



A List of the Macro=Lepidoptera of Wigtownshire. 



By Mr R. S. Gordon, F.E.S. 



So little seems to be known about the Lepidoptera of 

 Wig-townshire that I venture to give the following list in the 

 hope that it may prove of some interest. Many more species 

 could be added to it, if the county was thoroughly worked, 

 most of the insects included having- been taken at or in the 

 neighbourhood of Corsemalzie. Lying, as it does, in the 

 extreme South-West of Scotland, with its variety of wood- 

 land, moor, rough pasture, rocky and sandy coasts, Wigtown- 

 shire should vie with any other Scottish county in its number 

 of species. 



I am principally indebted to my brother, J. G. Gordon, 

 F.E.S., whose notes have proved of great assistance in the 

 compiling- of this list ; also to the following collectors : — Miss 

 D. Jackson, Mr W. S. Brocklehurst, Mr K. T. Morton, 

 F.E.S. , Mr J. Garraway, Captain Aymer Maxwell, Mr Hugh 

 M'Dowall, Mr J. N. Kennedy, R.N. 



Abbreviations — C = Corsemalzie ; gen. dist. = generally dis- 

 tributed; e.d.= early date. 



Rhopolocera. 



1. Pieris brassicoe, common, and gen. dist., especially so in 



/ii; e.d. first brood, 7/6/04, 28/6/05, 10/6/11; 

 second, 15/8/05, 20/8/07, 23/8/11. 



2. Pieris rapoe, common all over county; e.d. first brood, 



2i/s/o6, 26/4/07; second brood, 26/8/06, 18/7/10. 



3. Pieris napi, abundant and gen. dist, the underside are 



in most cases of a bright yellow; e.d. first brood, 

 19/4/06, 21/4/08, 23/4/11; second brood, 18/7/05, 

 7/8/06, 25/7/1 1. 



4. Euchloe cardamines, several taken by Mr Hugh M'Dowall 



near Stranraer, IS2. 



5. Gonepteryx rhamni, one flying near side of Kennel Wood, 



C, 17/6/90. 



