L E P I D O P T E E. A . 



DIURNI. 



Papilio Machaon L. There is satisfactory evidence that this 

 fine species formerly occurred with us, although it has long 

 been extinct. At page 27 of Haworth's " Lepidoptera 

 Britannica" (1803) we read "I know Mackaon,t\\Q common 

 swallow-tailed Papilio, breeds near Beverley yet, and my 

 brother-in-law, R. Scales, of Walworth, near London, 

 possesses a specimen of it which was taken there seven 

 years since." 



Leucophasia sinapis L. Rare. Once near Doncaster in 

 1837 {Morris'' Brii. Butt., p. 29); Huddersfield, one {P.I.); 

 Sheffield {A.D.) 



Pieris brassicae L. Abundant everywhere. 



Pieris rapse L. Abundant everywhere, 



Pieris napi L. Abundant everywhere. 



Anthocharis cardamines L. Generally common throughout 

 the county, but less so in some parts of the West Riding. 



Gonepteryx riiamni L. Of general occurrence (except in 

 the coal districts of the West Riding, where it is rare), but 

 scarcely so common as the last. 



The variety Cleopatra occurred at Thrybergh Park, 

 near Rotherham, June 27th, i860 {Pev. H. A. Pickard, 

 Ent. W. Int., viii. 171-2, Sep. i860). 



Colias Edusa Fab. This species is of very irregular appear- 

 ance, but has occurred in all parts of the county. In 1877 

 it was especially plentiful, and probably there was scarcely 

 a district unvisited by it. Some of the localities given are 

 as follows: — Arthington, several in 1877 (C^S.); Askern 

 ( W. Nelson); Barnsley {/.H.); Batley {Oscar Wild smith); 



