170 Macro-Lepidoptera of Wigtownshire. 



17. Pararge egeria. Mr J. Garraway took it in the shady 



part of Alticry Glen, Luce Bay. 



18. Paroege megoera, very common on grassy slopes by the 



sea; rare inland; abundant near Portpatrick, 21/5/01, 

 25/6/05. 



19. Hipparchia semelej common on all rocky moors and abun- 



dant on the sea cliffs, 12/6/98, 26/6/06. 



20. Epifiephele janira, abundant and gen. dist. ; variable, 



females large and brightly coloured, 2/7/97, 14/6/ 11. 



21. Enodia hyperanthus, locally common in damp, rushy 



places near Woods, C, 27/6/05 ; took fifteen, 11/7/ 11. 



22. Coenonympha tiphon, abundant and gen. dist. on the 



moors in boggy and mossy places. Variable from 

 light to dark; e.d., 17/6/98, 19/6/06, 5/6/11. 

 Var. Laidon occurs commonly. 



23. Coenonympha pamphilus, common and gen. dist. ; e.d., 



5/6/97, 1/6/99, 21/s/ii. 



24. Chrysophanes phloeas, common and gen. dist. Three 



broods, May, to October; e.d., 1/5/06, 6/5/11; latest,. 

 7/ 10/ II. Three specimens were taken by Mr J. 

 Garraway in small meadow, Alticry, in /09, with 

 copper portions of wings white; apparently Var. 

 Schmidtii (Barrett). 



25. Plebeius cegon, a male and female taken in rushy hollow 



below Sunny Braes Wood, C. , 24/6/96. 



26. Polyommatus artaxerxes, common and gen. dist. in suit- 



able places on the coast; much scarcer inland; e.d., 

 11/6/06, 5/6/11. 



2^. Polyommatus icarus, very common and gen. dist. ; vary 

 in size and colour; one 21 m.m. was taken at Gar- 

 heugh, and another 23 m.m. at C, 20/6/95; females 

 variable, some resemble the North of Ireland forms 

 figured in Barrett's Brit. Lep. 



28. Cupido minima, rare, except near Portpatrick. I have 

 only taken one Inland, a male, below Sunny Braes 



