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NOTES on LEPIDOPTERA. 



Colias hyale near Louth, Line. N. I took this species on isi Sept. 

 about three miles west of Louth, on Cen la urea nigra* It is considerably 

 over twenty year-, since it was found in the neighbourhood, so far as I cat) 

 ascertain. J. LARDER, Louth, Lines., 5th September 1901. 



Death's Head Moth near Wakefield. I had a very fine larva of 

 Acheron Ha alrofros 'brought me yesterday j found in a g-arderi at Warmfield.— 

 H. G. Townskm), Myrtle House, Altofts, Normanton, 7th August T901. 



Hawkmoths in 1001 in Cheviotland Vice-County. This being 

 apparently a ' Hawkmoth year,,' I enclose a list of observations in this for 

 north county, which may be of interest : —15th June, Small Elephant Hawk- 

 moth 1 {Chcerocampa elpenof\ ; 5th September, Privet Hawkmoth {Sphinx 

 ligustri) ; 14th September, larva of the Death's Head Hawkmoth {Acheron I Ha 

 afropos), found in a potato" patch. G. ALLHUSEN, Readnell Tower, Chathill, 

 Northumberland j 16th September 1901. 



Acronycta aim' at Beverley.— On the 6th June this year I took two 

 A crony eta dlni at rest here. It is its first occurrence in mv collecting 

 experience here of 25 years, except one specimen taken near Hull on the 

 22nd June 189Q. I fancy it is apt to be overlooked by its very early appear- 

 ance. — N. F. DOBREE/i Beverley j 22nd August 190 1. 



Sphinx convolvuli at Bakewell, Derbyshire.— On Thursday, 29th 

 August rgoi, I had brought to me a fine female specimen of the Convolvulus 

 Hawk Moth, picked up on the stone pavement of a backyard in Bakewell. 



Again, on Thursday, 12th September, another specimen, this time a male, 

 was brought to me, having been found clinging to a linen sheet which had 

 been hung out to drv. 



I have never heard of the appearance of this species in this part of 

 North Derbyshire before. — Wivt. Boulsover, Curator Bakewell Naturalists' 

 Club Museum, Ferndale, Bakewell, 15th September 1901. 



Re-appearance near Scarborough of the Marbled White and 

 Purple Hairstreak Butterflies. — I am permitted to record the re-appear- 

 ance this year in the immediate neighbourhood of Scarborough of Arge 

 galathed and Thecla querc&s after years of presumed extinction. 



On a day towards the end of 'last July, the father of Mr. H. W. Head, 

 of Scarborough, who habitually assists his son in his entomological work, 

 caught a male Arge gala then and brought it alive to his son, both the catch 

 and the identification being unquestionable. When caught it was at rest on 

 the grass, and was in such good condition as to show that it had not long- 

 emerged. Though subsequent search was made no other specimen was 

 found. The situation, which is^quite near to Scarborough, is one not much 

 visited by Mr. Head in his peregrinations, and there is nothing to support 

 the idea of it being in any way introduced. 



This species is recorded by Mr. Birehall as being here many years ago 

 (see Porritt's List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera), but it has never occurred in 

 the time of any living- local entomologist. Mr. J. H. Rowntree imforms me 

 he has never heard of its occurrence here. 



I believe the last Yorkshire specimen was taken in the Green Lane. 

 Sledmere, on 3rd August 1891, on t he occasion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' 

 visit to that place, and I fancy that actual specimen is now in the possession 

 of Mr. W. Hewett. 



Though Thecla qxiefcds is recorded for Scarborough by Wilkinson, its 

 existence here has been unknown to local entomologists since that gentle 

 man's "death. Two were seen by Mr. Charles Heat! ( brother of Mr. II. \\ . 

 Head), a well-known ornithologist here, in mid August in Forge Vallev, 

 flying round the oaks on the east side of the valley. This gentleman is well 

 acquainted with the insect ami its habits; and though, having no net with 

 him, a capture was impossible, 1 think the record may he regarded is 



established. Reginald H. Barker, Grosvenor Bank, Scarborough, 1 jth 

 September 1901 . 



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