1 66 ELLIS: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



PIERIS, Schrank. 



Pieris napi, L. Green-veined White. 

 Pieris rapse, L. Small Cabbage White. 

 Pieris brassicse, L. Large Cabbage White. 



All these species are abundant throughout both counties, but 

 much more so in Cheshire and South Lancashire than in North 

 Lancashire. 



CO LI AS, Fabr. 



Colias hyale, L. Pale Clouded Yellow. 



Mr. Chappell informs me that this species was captured at 

 Bury by Mr, Robert Kay; in Stainton's Manual it is recorded as 

 having occurred in the Manchester district. 

 Colias edusa, Fab. Clouded Yellow. 



Of very irregular appearance in the two counties, as indeed is 

 the case over the greater part of England. During the so-called 

 'Edusa years,' the latest of which was 1877, the butterfly seems 

 to be generally distributed throughout both Lancashire and 

 Cheshire. 



Lane— Bolton (W.J., Intell, 1858, i.,195); Bury (R. Kay,Ent., 

 X., 190); Crosby, abundant in 1877 (J.W.E.) ; Grange, freely 

 at times (J.B.H.); Huyton, one specimen (S.J.C.); Lancaster, 

 in 1869 (J.B.H., Ent. Mo. Mag., vi., 114); Liverpool, in Pigue 

 Lane, in 1847 (C.S.G., ZooL, vi., 2032) ; Manchester, in June 

 1877 (F. Kenderdine, Ent. Mo. Mag., xiv., 64); Middleton, 

 abundant in 1877 (J. Thorpe, Ent., x., 190); Southport, one in 

 1869 (R. Kay, Ent., iv., 351), and in 1877 (G. Eastham, Ent, 

 X., 190) ; Ulverstone, one in 1858 (J. Kirby, Intell., 1858, i. 171). 



Ches. — Alderley, one in 1868, taken by W. W. Key worth 

 (H.H.C.) ; Bolhn Valley, several in 1869 (J. R. Hardy, Ent. Mo. 

 Mag., vi., 1 14) ; Chester district, rather common in 1859 and 

 1877 (A.O.W.); Delamere, one in 1878 (J.C.M.) ; Handforth, 

 common in 1877 (H.H.C, Ent, ix., 256) ; Liscard, taken freely by 

 Mr. Leather in 1877 (J.W.E.) ; New Brighton, taken by Mr. 

 Cauty in 1847 (C.S.G., ZooL, vi., 2032); Stourton, common in 

 1877 (W.G.); Wallasey Sandhills, in 1877 (J.W.E.). 



The pale variety of the female (Helice, Hiibn.) has been taken 

 several times, of which I find the following records : — 



Crosby, a single specimen captured in 1877 by Thomas West, 

 and recorded in Trans. Lane, and Ches. Ent. Soc, 1877 ; 

 Birkenhead district, a specimen taken by Mr. William Lello in 

 August 1868 (Ent Mo. Mag., v., 129, and Ent, iv., 145) j 

 Stourton, one in 1877 by W. Gardner (in litt). 



Naturalist, 



