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to the same section. They represent our commonest butterflies, and 

 all occur in Scotland, many of them reaching as far as its northern 

 extremity : three, however (Argynnis Euphrosyne and Selene, and 

 Syrichthus Alveolus), are not enumerated in a list of Irish butterflies 

 with which we have lately been favoured by a correspondent. 

 The members of the British Type " are — 



Pieris Brassicag 

 „ Rapae 

 „ Napi 

 Anthocharis Cardamines 

 Thecla Rubi 

 Lycaena Phlaeas 

 Polyommatus Alsus 

 5, Alexis 

 Argynnis Aglaia 



5, Euphrosyne 

 Selene 

 Melitoea Artemis 



Vanessa Cardui 



„ lo 



Atalanta 



„ Urticoe 

 Satyrus Semele 



„ Janira 



5, JEgeria 



„ Hyperanthus 



5, Pamphilus 

 Thanaos Tages 

 Syrichthus Alveolus. 



A few of these are local : Melitaea Artemis and Syrichthus Alveolus 

 affect marshy situations ; Polyommatus Alsus, Satyrus Semele and 

 Thanaos Tages seem attached to a dry or calcareous soil ; Argynnis 

 Aglaia, A. Selene and Thecla Rubi can hardly be called common. 



Small as this list is already, it is believed that by strictly following 

 Mr. Watson's definition several of its species might be transferred to 

 the next group. 



II. The "English Type" comprises twenty-four species, all of 

 which are more abundant in the Southern " Provinces," decreasing in 

 frequency northwards. 



Thecla W-album (E.) 

 Polyommatus Acis (E.) 



„ Arion (E.) 



Melitaea Athalia (E.) 

 Vanessa Antiopa (E.) 



„ Polychloros (E.) 



„ C-album (E.) 

 Polyommatus Agestis (E.) 

 Nemeobius Lucina (E.) 

 Argynnis Adippe (E. S.) 

 Pieris Crataegi (E. I.) 

 Colias Hyale (E. I.) 



Thecla Betul^e (E. I.) 

 Leucophasia Sinapis (E. I.) 

 Gonepteryx Rhamni (E. I.) 

 Polyommatus Argioliis (E. I.) 



.Egon (E. I.) 

 Argynnis Paphia (E. I.) 

 Satyrus Tithonus (E. I.) 

 Colias Edusa (E. S. 1.) 

 Thecla Quercus (E. S. I.) 

 Satyrus Megsera (E. S. I.) 

 Pamphila Sylvanus (E. S. I.) 

 linea (E. S. I.) 



