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P. Alsus, Small Blue. Grimley and Trench Woods. 
Uncommon. In the Cabinet of Mr. A. Edmunds. 
P. Asis, Mazarine Blue. Taken at Hawford, near Wor- 
cester, and in the Trench Woods. 
P. DorylaSy Light Blue. Not uncommon. 
P. Tcarius, Black-bordered Blue.* 
P. Alexis, Common blue. Meadows, &c. Often seen 
sporting in company with the Lyccena Phlceas. 
P. Argus, Silver-studded Blue. Trench Woods. 
P. Agestis, Brown Argus. Trench. 
Thymele Alveolus, Grizzled Skipper. Trench Woods, 
Bewdley Forest, Wassel Hill, &c. 
T. Tages, Dingy Skipper. Nunnery Wood. 
Pamphila Linea, Small Skipper. 
P. Sylvanus, Large Skipper. Netherwood, Oddingley, 
and the Trench. 
Ino (Sphinx, Lin.) Statices, Green Forester. Trench 
Woods. 
Anthrocera Tri/b^ii, Broad-bordered 5-spot Burnet. Fields 
near Worcester. 
A, Filipendulce, 6-spotted Burnet. Abundant. 
Smerinthus Ocellata, Eyed Willow Hawk Moth. Not 
uncommon. 
S. Populi, Poplar Hawk. 
S. Tilice, Lime Hawk. Both common among the trees 
to which their names refer. 
Acherontia Atropos, Death's Head. A great favourite with 
collectors, from its magnitude, and the doleful insignia it 
bears on its thorax. As it is now comparatively plentiful 
since the great increase of the cultivation of the potatoe, on 
which the caterpillar feeds, a doubt arises as to its being 
* All the blues are extremely agile in their movements, and when they appear 
in considerable numbers sporting among the flowers of the meadows, make a beau- 
tiful appearance. Authors seem to make some confusion in their nomenclature. 
The P. Icarius appears to be the most common with us.. 
