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CAPTURES. 
Lepidoptera. 
List of Insects captured and bred in 
1859. Of those with an * I have du- 
plicates. 
*Papilio Machaon. Bred sixteen. 
*Gonepteryx Rharnni. Took ten in 
Kent; not so common as last year. 
*Colias Edusa. Took about twenty 
pairs near Brighton and in Kent in 
August. 
var. Helice. Took a fine 
specimen in Kent in August. 
Aporia Orataegi. Took five iu Kent in 
June; not nearly so common as usual. 
*Anthocharis Cardamines. Took eight 
in May. 
*Arge Galathea. Very abundant in 
Kent in June and July. 
*Lasiommata .Egeria. Took about 
thirty in Kent in May and July; less 
common than usual. 
*Hipparchia Semele. Took a few at 
Brighton. 
*H. Tithonus. Abundant in Kent in 
July. 
*H. Hyperanthus. Very abundant in 
Kent iu July. 
*Apatura Iris. Took nine males in 
Kent in J uly ; unusually scarce. 
Limeuitis Sibylla. Took eight iu Kent 
in J uly ; also scarcer than usual. 
*Cynthia Cardui. Took a few at 
Brighton in August; less common than 
last year. 
* Vanessa Polychloros. Took six in 
Kent. 
Argynnis Paphia. Took three in Kent 
in July. 
*A. Aglaia. Took a few in Kent in 
July. 
A. Selene. Took eighteen at West 
Wickham in May. 
*A. Euphrosyne. Abundant at West 
Wickham in May; took about forty. 
Melitaea Athalia. Took about seventy 
in Kent in June and July. 
*Thecla Quercus, Took a few in Kent 
in July, flying with Apatura Iris. 
T. Rubi. Took four in Kent in 
May. 
T. W-album. Abundant about tops of 
elms in Kent in July. 
Polyominatus Argiolus. Took eight 
in Kent in May and August. 
*P. Corydon. Took a few at Brighton 
in July. 
P. Adonis. Took a few at Brighton 
in August. 
Thymele Alveolus. Abundant at West 
Wickham in May. 
Procris Statices. Took two in Kent in 
July. 
*Anlhrocera Lonicerae. Took eight in 
Kent in July. 
*Smerinthus Ocellatus. Bred twenty- 
two. Took a few at Hammersmith. 
*S. Populeti. Bred four. 
*S. T iliae. Bred two. 
*Acherontia Atropos. Received a fine 
specimen taken in Chepstow Villas, Bays- 
water, in September. 
*Sphinx Ligustri. Bred six. 
S. Convolvuli. Received one female 
taken near the Tower. 
Chaerocampa Elpenor. Bred five. 
*Macroglossa Stellatarum. Bred one. 
Trochilium Tipuliforme. Took seven 
at Hayes, Middlesex. 
T. Cynipiforme. Took two in Hyde 
Park ; very scarce. 
T. Fonnicaeforme. Took four at Ham- 
mersmith in August. 
*Hepialus Lupulinus. Abundant at 
Hammersmith. 
H. Humuli. Ditto. 
H. Sylvinus. Took five at Hammer- 
smith. 
Zeuzera JEsculi. Took three in Hyde 
Park in July. 
Cossus Ligniperda. Bred one female. 
Took one male at Hammersmith and 
about forty larvae at Bayswater. 
*Cerura Vinula. Bred eight. Larvae 
common about Bayswater. 
Notodonta Ziczac. Bred seven. Took 
