380 MR. T. J. BOLD ON LEPIDOPTEEA. 



XV. — Notes on the Occurrence of Lepidoptera in 1871. By 

 Thomas John Bold. 



Thinking that an authentic record of the abundance, or other- 

 wise, of local Lepidoptera would be of considerable interest to 

 most of our members, I applied to my friend Mr. W. Maling, 

 and he has supplied me with the following most interesting notes 

 for the past season (1871). 



DIURN1 (BUTTERFLIES). 



The Whites (Pieris brassicce, napi and rapa). — The spring 

 brood not so common as usual. The second broods, in July and 

 August, were in average numbers. 



The Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines). — Not so numerous 

 as in 1870 on the banks of the Derwent, at Chopwell, and 

 Gib side. 



The Fritillaries (Argynnis Euphrosyne, and Selene). — Bather 

 plentiful in May and June, at the same localities as the above. 



The Small Tortoise Shell (Vanessa urticce). — A second brood 

 of this common insect occurred in this neighbourhood in 1870. 

 I found the small larvas during the last week in May, and again 

 (in the same bed of nettles) on the 9th of August following. 

 They were then nearly full fed, and the butterfly was on the 

 wing in the last week of September. 



The Peacock (Vanessa Io). — I saw one specimen on the 4th of 

 September, near South Shields. For several years previous I 

 had not seen the species alive in our district. 



The Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta). — Bather scarce. 



The Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui.) — I have not met with 

 either larva or imago this season. The former is generally abun- 

 dant on the coast. 



The Wall (Tithonus Megcera). — Saw one on the wing, at Both- 

 bury, in the first week of September. 



Satyrus Tithonus. — Plentiful on the banks of the Wansbeck, 

 near North Seaton, in the end of July. 



