ENTOMOLOGY OF THE PORTSMOUTH DISTRICT. 9l 



thing comparable with the reaction of atalanta-red is, perhaps, 

 found in the behaviour of the reddish-marked species, Hyria 

 auroraria and Acidalia ruhricata.* It is exceedingly interesting 

 that these belong to the Geometrse, among which, as I have 

 already pointed out,t red seems to be so exceedingly rare.l 



(To be continued.) 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ENTOMOLOGY OF THE 



POKTSMOUTH DISTRICT. 



By W. T. Peakce. 



EHOPALOCEEA. 



In my former paper (Entom. xxiii. 227), by some means I 

 omitted Gonopteryx rhamni. The Pieridse, therefore, should 

 be credited with 9 species ; and the total number of Rhopalocera 

 for the district, 47 species. 



Gnnopteryx rhamni. — Common in woods north of Portsdown Hill ; 

 sparingly on Portsdown Hill. I have seen it on the ramparts at Gosport, 

 and in the Stoke Road; it occurs sparingly in Alder Marsh; and is 

 common at Grange and Rowner. On Portsea Island, Mr. H. Moncreaff 

 tells me it occurs at Tipnor; and no doubt it occurs at Fareham, a district 

 I have not jet worked. 



The former possessor of my copy of Stainton's 'Manual' notes Shed- 

 field, a village near Botley, as a locality for the following species : — Colias 

 edusa and C. hyale, SaUjrus semele, himenitis sibylla, Vanessa cardui, 

 Argynnis paphia, Melitaa aurinia [artemis], Thecla betulcB, Lyccena cBgon, 

 Syrichthus malvce (alveolus), Nisoniades tages. 



HETEROCEEA. 

 SPHINGES. 

 In dealing with this group, I shall confine myself more closely 

 to the district proper than I did with the butterflies. From an 

 area of about 28 square miles, a large proportion of which is 

 water, there are recorded no less than 18 species, including such 

 ]"arities as Deilejjhila livornica, Choerocampa celerio and C. nerii. 

 To these we must add 5 species, which occur within easy distance 

 of Portsmouth ; thus making a total of 23 species for the district, 

 rather more than half of our British species. 



Sphingid^. 

 Acheroutia atrojios. — This species is to be found here in one or more 

 stages nearly every year, and sometimes in numbers. In 1885 over 200 



• See Entom. xxiii. p. 249. I find it noted in my records of experiments that 

 on washing this species [riibricata) a " faintest possible pinkish tinge " was restored. 



t See aiitea, p. '6H. 



I Quite recently I have found another species, viz., Anartia amalthea, which 

 is marked with scarlet, identical in its behaviour with the scarlet of atalanta. The 

 red of Ilclkoniun uijiaryllis is intermediute between the two classes of red. 



