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limestone at Rhoden (Speyer). In Thuringia it is common on all the 

 limestone ranges, as well as on sunny slopes and woodland meadows 

 (Krieghofi), and is common in the Steiger and Willroda Forests, and 

 on the dry mountain-meadows above Zeitz (Wilde). In Brandenburg 

 it is said to occur chiefly on the limestone ranges (Bartel and Herz); 

 it is certainly common on the limestone downs near Riidersdorf (Dadd); 

 in Silesia it haunts dry woodland meadows in the Trebnitz mountains, 

 and in the southern part of Upper Lusatia on basalt and phonolith. 

 In the Kingdom of Saxony, also, it is very local, occurring chiefly in 

 flowery mountain-meadows (Steinert); whilst in Bavaria, in dry 

 meadows, it is often abundant (Freyer). In Baden and Alsace it is 

 generally common on the foothills of the mountains, sometimes 

 very abundant (Reutti), and is locally abundant on small limestone 

 hills at the edges of the plain near Lahr (Keynes). In Posen it is 

 said to haunt moist woodland meadows, and the sides of ditches by the 

 main roads (Schultz). It occurs chiefly in woodland meadows in 

 Bohemia (Hiittner), and in the meadows and wayside places in Moravia 

 (Schneider), but chiefly on the lower limestone mountains, although it 

 also occurs in woodland meadows in Salzburg (Richter). In Italy 

 Stefanelli says that it frequents bushy places in the plains, hills, and 

 mountains. We have already remarked on its special haunts at Susa 

 and Courmaveur. 



British localities. — In England, almost throughout, although still 

 unrecorded f or some counti es, e.g., Middlesex, Leicester, Rutland, Notting- 

 ham. In Scotland, local as far north as the Caledonian Canal and Moray 

 Fi rth. In Ireland, somewhat local, rare generally inland, but widely dis- 

 persed throughout the island (Kane). Aberdeen: not rare inland, common 

 on coast (Beid), Aberdeen district (Traill). Antrim : near Belfast very common 

 (Bircball), between Carrickfergus and Whitehead, abundant (Bristow). Argyll: 

 near Oban (E.W.I. , vi., p. 182). Ayr : Ardrossan (Colquboun), Monkton, Troon 

 (Duncan), Girvan (Old). Banff (Brown). Bedford : Barton Hills, locally common 

 (Gifford-Nash), Bedford, Luton (Barrett). Berks: locally plentiful — the Berkshire 

 Downs, Streatley Hill, Beading district (Hamm), Maidenhead district (Lang), 

 Newbury (Hopson). Bucks : Halton (Stainton), between Princes Bisborough and 

 Kimble, Wendover (Rowland-Brown). Bute: Whiting Bay (Stewart), Kilmory 

 {texte Dalglish), Arran (Somerville). Cambridge : Flem Dyke, Fulbourn near 

 Cambridge (Farren), Cambridge, Gogmagog Hills (Lee), Devil's Dyke (Peed). 

 Carnarvon : Llandudno (Harding), Llanferris (Gregson), Glondaeth (Gardner). 

 Cheshire: rare — Neston (Gregson). Clare: coast districts, Black Head, etc. 

 (Lawless), Ennis (Brakey). Cork : Coolmaine Castle, Harbour View, Courtmac- 

 sherry (Donovan), Skibbereen (Wolfe). Cornwall: exceedingly scarce — Land's 

 End (J. E. Gardner), Saltash (Clark). [Two other records are said to have been ? 

 aegon, V.C.H.] Cumberland: locally abundant — Cowran Hills (Armstrong), 

 Carlisle (Thwaytes), Wreay, Gelt, How Mill, St. Bees (F. H. Day), Hayton Moss 

 (Boutledge), Whitehaven near St. Bees (Murray), Newbiggin Woods (Wilkinson). 

 Denbigh: Clwyd Hills, near Ruthin (Gardner), Llandulas (Pitcairn-Campbell), : 

 Colwyn Bay district (Newstead). Derby : central part of county common — 

 Dovedale (Harris), Middleton Dale (Alderson). Devon : Torquay (Darwin), 

 Plymouth district, rare, Meavy Vale, Dartmouth, Slapton, Teignmouth, 

 Seaton (Reading). Donegal: Killybeg (Walker). Dorset: locally common — 

 Isle of Portland, Isle of Purbeck, Blandford, Swanage coast (Bankes), Culliford 

 Tree, Sutton Poyntz, Chalbury Vale (Bogue), near Weymouth, on the cliffs towards 

 Lulworth (Mathew), Dorchester, Weymouth (Bingham), Sherborne (Douglas), 

 Swanage, Hod Hill (Fowler), between Swanage and Durlston Head (Griffiths), 

 Cranbourne (Nelson). Dublin: Sutton, Malahide, between Blanchardstown and 

 Clonsilla (Sinclair). Portmarnock sandhills (Birchall). Dumbarton : local — near 

 Dumbarton (Gray). Dumfries : Dumfries, common (Lennon). Durham: local — 

 near South Shields (Harrison), Marsden, Witton-le-Wear, Castle-Eden-Dene, 

 Wylam (Wailes), Shull (Backhouse), Ragpeth near Flass (Ornsby), Black Hall 



