538 BRlTISa LEfciDOPTEfcA. 



Winchester, with A. trifolii (Richardson), on railway banks at Cowran 

 (Routledge). 



Time of appearance. — From the middle of May to the end of June, 

 according to the season, generally quite over before A. filipendulae has 

 pupated, in 1888 (a very late year) was out in early July. Cross notes 

 that on August 4th, 1897, A. filipendidae were in great plenty at 

 Folkestone, but a friend living there gave him several examples of a 

 six-spotted species, distinctly smaller than the later one, that he had 

 taken plentifully on June 3rd of the same year. The following 

 appears to refer to this insect : June 20th, 1810, nr. Coombe Wood 

 (Stephens), June, 1856, on Wenlock Edge (Barrett), June 6th, 1868, 

 abundant at Cirencester (Harman), second week in May until the 

 second week of June, normally, June 16th, 1864, at Barnwell Wold, 

 June 16th, 1871, at Castle Hill, Dover (Briggs), in May, in the metro- 

 politan district (Boden), June 9th, 1874, with A. trifolii, at Winchester, 

 first specimen of true A. filipendulae seen on downs July 10th (Richard- 

 son), May 25th, 1881, at Great Marlow (Davis), larva?, pupa? and imagines 

 at Grange, June 6th, 1881 (Carter), June 4th, 1883, atNewstead Park 

 (Wright), June 25th-26th, 1887, June 19th, 1890, May 25th- 

 June 24th, 1892, May 7th, May 20th-June 16th, 1893, June 

 16th-July 4th, 1894, worn, in North Kent (Tutt), June lst-13th, 

 1889, at Mill Hill, never saw the insect here later than June 15th, 

 May 27th-June 3rd, 1893, at Hailsham (James), occasionally at end 

 of May, June 4th, 1889, July 8th, 1890, June 21st, 1892, June 8th, 

 1893, June 27th, 1894, at Cowran (Routledge), swarming in June, 

 1892, at Penarth (Birkenhead), June 11th, 1892, with A. trifolii, at 

 Rickmansworth, May 22nd, 1893, at Northwood (South), May, 1893, 

 May 28tb, 1896, cocoons and imagines at Grange, June 5th, 1895, 

 cocoons, emerged June 24th-30th, near Ashford, Kent (Crabtree), 

 June 8th, 1893, at Sketty Park (Robertson), May 26th, cocoons, 

 emerged June 3rd-7th, imagines on wing May 29th, at Enniskillen 

 (E. W. Brown), May 24th, 1896, at Barmouth (Blagg), June 5th, 

 1896, at Cairnryan, Stranraer, June 10th, 1896, at Corsemalzie 

 (Gordon), June 22nd, 1896, at Ashton Wold (Prout). In April, 

 1881, the larvae of A. filipendidae were abundant, in various stages, 

 in one locality at Instow, long before larvae appeared in the usual 

 haunts of the species (Hinchliffe). " A specimen taken near the Pont- 

 de-1'Arche, on June 19th, 1897, in the locality, with A. trifolii, is very 

 like the specimen of A. hippocrepidis, St., you sent to me from Kent ; 

 I could at the time find no other specimen of the six-spotted form " 

 (Dupont). 



Localities. — Bucks : Great Marlow (Davis). Cheshire: between Spital and 

 Besborough (Moss). Cumberland : Orton Wreay, Newby (F. H. Day), Cowran 

 (Routledge). Devon : Instow (Hinchliffe). ? Fermanagh : Enniskillen (E. W. 

 Brown). Glamorgan: Penarth (Birkenhead), Sketty Park (Robertson). Gloucester: 

 Cirencester (Harman). Hants : nr. Winchester (Richardson). Kent : Darenth 

 (Stephens), Dover (Briggs), Folkestone (Cross), nr. Strood (Tutt), Ashford (Crabtree). 

 Lancashire : Grange-over-Sands (Crabtree). Merioneth : Barmouth (Blagg). 

 Middlesex (Wood), Metropolitan district (Boden), between Rickmansworth and 

 Northwood (South), Mill Hill (James). Northants : Barnwell Wold (Briggs), Ashton 

 Wold (Prout). Notts: Newstead Park, nr. Mansfield (Wright). ? Pembroke : Pem- 

 broke (Barrett). Shropshire: Wenlock Edge (Barrett). Surrey: nr. Coombe Wood 

 (Stephens). Sussex : Tilgate Forest (Briggs), Hailsham (James). ? Wigtonshire : 

 Cairnryan, Stranraer and Corsemalzie (Gordon). ? Wilts: Marlborough (Meyrick). 



