﻿STENOPTILIA 
  PTERODACTYL 
  A. 
  388 
  

  

  some 
  suitable 
  spot 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  breed. 
  At 
  Cuxton 
  and 
  Hailing, 
  it 
  

   abounds 
  on 
  the 
  chalk-hills 
  ; 
  at 
  Chattenden 
  Woods, 
  on 
  the 
  outskirts 
  of 
  the 
  

   woods, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  sunny 
  ridings; 
  in 
  or 
  near 
  woods 
  among 
  rough 
  

   herbage 
  at 
  Keswick, 
  and 
  also 
  commonly 
  at 
  Purbeck, 
  where 
  it 
  occurs 
  on 
  

   clay 
  and 
  other 
  soils; 
  swarming 
  in 
  a 
  wood 
  near 
  Horsley, 
  at 
  7 
  p.m. 
  ; 
  

   at 
  Strood 
  on 
  the 
  railway 
  banks, 
  and 
  on 
  grassy 
  slopes 
  and 
  railway 
  

   banks 
  at 
  Harrow; 
  on 
  railway 
  banks 
  near 
  Hartlepool, 
  in 
  disused 
  chalk- 
  

   pits 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  downs 
  of 
  Kent; 
  in 
  a 
  marl-pit 
  at 
  Shobnall; 
  on 
  

   the 
  undercliffs 
  at 
  Kingsdown, 
  Folkestone, 
  and 
  Shanklin; 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  

   at 
  Wexford 
  ; 
  by 
  the 
  roadsides 
  between 
  Canterbury 
  and 
  Folkestone 
  ; 
  on 
  

   hedge-banks 
  at 
  Great 
  Orton 
  and 
  at 
  Worthing, 
  and 
  in 
  grassy 
  lanes 
  

   at 
  Oxton, 
  in 
  Devon. 
  At 
  Maidenhead 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Thames, 
  and, 
  at 
  Freshwater, 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Yar; 
  at 
  Sligo 
  it 
  occurs 
  

   on 
  the 
  sandhills; 
  whilst, 
  until 
  1889, 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   Westcombe 
  Park, 
  and 
  still 
  occurs 
  on 
  waste 
  spots 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  

   of 
  Blackheath. 
  On 
  the 
  continent 
  it 
  is 
  equally 
  abundant, 
  in 
  some 
  places, 
  

   at 
  a 
  fair 
  elevation 
  (although 
  usually 
  over 
  before 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  July, 
  when 
  our 
  

   visits 
  are 
  paid), 
  e.g., 
  in 
  Fontainebleau 
  Forest 
  it 
  is 
  fairly 
  abundant 
  at 
  the 
  

   end 
  of 
  June, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Savoy 
  Alps 
  it 
  is 
  common 
  at 
  a 
  considerable 
  eleva- 
  

   tion, 
  occurring 
  on 
  themountains 
  round 
  Chamonix 
  up 
  to 
  5000ft., 
  whilst 
  at 
  

   Megeve 
  it 
  swarmed 
  in 
  the 
  meadows, 
  leading 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  Calvary." 
  On 
  the 
  

   other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Mont 
  Blanc 
  range, 
  the 
  insect 
  occurs 
  atCourmayeur,etc. 
  

   An 
  Germany, 
  we 
  note 
  that, 
  in 
  Pomerania, 
  it 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  and 
  

   *is 
  especially 
  so 
  in 
  ditches 
  by 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  roads 
  about 
  Stettin, 
  Tantow, 
  

   etc. 
  (Biittner) 
  ; 
  in 
  Hanover, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  usually 
  found 
  in 
  meadows 
  in 
  

   woody 
  districts 
  (Glitz); 
  in 
  the 
  Crefeld 
  district 
  the 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  open 
  

   sunny 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Kleinen 
  Hees," 
  where 
  shrubby 
  

   plants 
  of 
  broom 
  and 
  bramble 
  abound 
  (Stollwerck) 
  ; 
  in 
  Hesse-Nassau, 
  

   it 
  occurs 
  in 
  meadows 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  woods 
  (Rossler) 
  ; 
  especially 
  

   in 
  bushy 
  places 
  (Koch) 
  ; 
  also 
  in 
  open 
  grassy 
  spots 
  near 
  woods 
  in 
  Upper 
  

   Hesse 
  (Glaser) 
  ; 
  in 
  Brandenburg, 
  it 
  frequents 
  woods 
  (Sorhagen) 
  ; 
  in 
  

   Silesia, 
  it 
  is 
  frequently 
  found 
  in 
  damp 
  overgrown 
  places 
  (Wocke), 
  

   although 
  everywhere 
  pretty 
  frequent 
  in 
  wooded 
  districts 
  (Schiitze) 
  ; 
  

   near 
  Glogau, 
  on 
  slopes 
  shaded 
  with 
  bushes, 
  or 
  in 
  open 
  meadows 
  (Zeller); 
  

   in 
  Moravia, 
  near 
  Brimn, 
  it 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  and 
  abundant 
  on 
  dry 
  

   sandy 
  slopes 
  (Fritsch), 
  whilst, 
  at 
  Tivoli, 
  it 
  haunts 
  the 
  game-coverts, 
  

   and 
  at 
  Modling 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  bushy 
  slopes 
  (Mann) 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  Tyrolean 
  

   district 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  frequent, 
  near 
  Innsbruck, 
  at 
  from 
  1800 
  ft. 
  -6000 
  ft. 
  

   elevation 
  (Weiler), 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  Mendel 
  Pass 
  and 
  

   on 
  Monte 
  Cristallo, 
  near 
  Cortina, 
  at 
  considerable 
  elevation 
  (Tutt). 
  

  

  Localities. 
  — 
  Distributed 
  throughout 
  England, 
  Ireland, 
  ami 
  Scot 
  land. 
  

   [Aberdkkn 
  : 
  local 
  — 
  Pitscurrie 
  Moss, 
  Pitoaple, 
  common 
  (Beid). 
  Antrim: 
  Black 
  

   Mountain, 
  Belfast, 
  abundant 
  (Kane), 
  Belfast 
  Hills 
  (Watts'). 
  Ayr: 
  Ardrossan 
  

   (Colquhoun), 
  Barr 
  (Dalglish). 
  Beds: 
  Bedford, 
  Luton 
  (Barrett). 
  Berks: 
  oommon 
  

   (Hamm), 
  Maidenhead 
  (Tutt). 
  Bucks 
  : 
  Wendover 
  (Turner). 
  C 
  lmbridge 
  : 
  Wood 
  Ditton 
  

   (Baynor), 
  Cambridge 
  (Stainton). 
  Cheshire 
  : 
  Wallasey 
  (Prince), 
  Dunham 
  Park 
  ( 
  Ellis), 
  

   Birkenhead 
  (Stainton), 
  Sealand, 
  near 
  Chester 
  (Arkle). 
  Core 
  : 
  Glandore, 
  Ummera 
  

   Woods, 
  near 
  Timoleague, 
  Courtmacsherry 
  (Donovan). 
  Cornwau 
  : 
  Bast 
  Cornwall 
  

   (Marquand), 
  Soilly 
  Isles 
  — 
  Tresco 
  (Norgate). 
  Cumberland: 
  oommon 
  Keswick 
  

   (Beadle), 
  Carlisle 
  1 
  district, 
  Great 
  Orton 
  (F. 
  11. 
  Day). 
  Denbigh: 
  Rhydymwyn, 
  

   Llangollen 
  to 
  Loggerheads 
  (Arkle). 
  Derby: 
  Burton 
  district 
  (E. 
  Brown), 
  Shobnall 
  

   (G. 
  Baker), 
  Bepton 
  (Garneys). 
  Devon: 
  Buckerell 
  (Biding), 
  Oxton 
  (Studd), 
  Dawlish 
  

   (Turner). 
  Donegal: 
  Bundoran 
  (Johnson). 
  Dorset: 
  Glanville's 
  Wootton 
  (Dale), 
  

   Portland 
  (Biohardson), 
  Isle 
  of 
  Purbeck, 
  generally 
  oommon 
  (Bankes). 
  Dublin: 
  

   Howtb 
  (Birohall), 
  Kingstown, 
  etc 
  (Kane). 
  Dumb 
  \k 
  pon 
  : 
  l 
  iuss 
  (Dalglish), 
  Gan 
  

   head 
  (Henderson). 
  Durham: 
  Lamesley, 
  Derwent 
  Valley, 
  Besleden 
  Dene 
  (Harrison), 
  

  

  