THE BUTTERFLIES OF ENFIELD. 18 



Epinephele lanira. Extremely common. The form of the 

 male with orange colouring on the fore wings is of frequent 

 occurrence. 



E. tithonus. A single specimen captured, July, 1888. 



E. hyperanthes. I was this j'^ear informed of a locality for 

 this species by a former resident of Enfield. I paid a visit to the 

 spot in July last, and succeeded in capturing two specimens. 

 This species is also mentioned by Mr. Watts as being abundant 

 at Pinner and Ruislip (Entom. xxiv. 65). 



Goononympha pamphilus. Common. 



Lyccenidce. 



Thecla quercus. Occurs in the same locality as Epinephele 

 hyperanthes. The only record in Mr. Cockerell's list is that of a 

 single larva taken by Mr. South at Mill Hill. 



Polyommatus phloeas. Very common. 



Lyccena icarus. Fairly common; abundant in 1887. 



L. corydon. A single much-worn and battered specimen of 

 the male taken in July, 1887 ; it was flying in a field where icarus 

 was swarming. The only record in Mr. Cockerell's list is " Old 

 Oak Common, one example, end of July, about 1869 (Godivin)." 

 Newman also says, " Very rare near Whimbley — F. Bond." Mine 

 is apparently the last recorded capture in the county.* 



Hesperiid(S. 



This family is well represented in the district. I have taken 

 all the four species recorded below in one field, and (with the 

 exception of Hesperia thaumas) take them there still. 



Syrichthus malvce. Fairly common. 



Nisoniades tages. This species was omitted by Mr. Cockerell 

 in his original list, but is subsequently recorded, in the same 

 volume of the ' Entomologist,' by myself and by Messrs. Watts 

 and Biggs (pp. 41, 65, and 98). It is quite as abundant in the 

 district as ever, but is (as far as my experience goes) extremely 

 local. 



Hesperia thaumas. No recent record of the capture of this 

 insect is contained in the " Preliminary List." As I have before 

 stated (Entom. xxiv. 41, 269), I found a locality where it was 

 swarming in 1888 and 1889, but since then have not seen a single 

 specimen. I suppose it is now extinct in Middlesex. 



H. sylvanus. Common, but local. 



In addition to the above, I have heard on good authority that 

 Colias hyale, which is not included in the " Preliminary List," 

 was taken this year in a nurseryman's garden at Enfield Highway. 



* Since writing the above, I have come across a record of the capture of 

 this species by Dr. Percy Eendall, near Hounslow, on August 1st, 1887 

 (Entom. XX. 229), so that mine is not the last capture in the county. 



