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herbage, I found I had secured a fine S and 2 H. velleda^ among a lot 
of the commoner species. I should be interested to know how far the 
range of this species has been found to extend in the south of late 
years. If I remember rightly it has been taken in Kent. — E. Geo. 
Elliman, Westcroft, Tring, Ilerts. July loth, 1891. \^H. velleda is, I 
believe, found in almost every county in Britain. It is a popular but 
erroneous idea that it is a northern species. I used to take it in 
abundance near Strood (Kent) some sixteen years ago. — Ed.] 
The Rhopalocera of Herefordshire. — The following list contains 
most of the species that occur here, and the chief alterations which 
have had to be made in an older list simply refer to the relative abun- 
dance of the different species. Pieridae. Aporia cratcBgi. No specimens 
recorded since 1872, when Miss Hutchinson took two at Kimbolton. 
Formerly in abundance at Ross {teste Mr. H. Southall). Pieris brassicce. 
Common. Scarce in 1882, about two thirds of the larvae infested with 
Microgaster. P. rapcB. Very common. Those larvae fed on red 
pickling cabbage seem invariably to produce dark ochreous imagines, 
as did some I fed on Smapis arvensis though in a less degree. P. napi. 
Common in woods and fields. Some of the summer brood in 1888 
were especially dark. I am not sure that those fed on Nasturtiu 7 ?i 
officinale do always produce the var. mentioned by Newman. That var. 
does occur here not unfrequently, however. Euchloe cardammes. 
Common, especially in fields and lanes, the larvae on Sisy??ibriu 7 n 
alliaria in July. The ova are bright orange colour. Leucophasia sinapis. 
Abundant, but only in a few localities, though these are extensive. I 
have one $ with markings almost like the $ . The var. erysimi has 
occurred. The aestival brood is not plentiful. Colias hyale. None 
recorded since the one mentioned by Newman. One is reported to 
have been captured in the south of the county in 1889 (it subsequently 
escaped). C. edusa. Plentiful in 1877; two in 1882 at Dinedor : one 
at the Great Doward^ August 1889, one at Bridge Sobers, and several 
in the Golden Valley in September. Mrs. Hutchinson has obtained the 
var. ( $ ) helice. Gonepteryx rha 77 ini. Locally not uncommon in woods 
in the south, sparingly elsewhere. It occurs here most years, although 
there is no Rhani 7 ius within convenient distance. It must feed on 
something else also, but on what ? 
Nymphalidae. Argyn 7 iis selene. Not uncommon in woods. Very 
plentiful in 1890. A. euphrosyne. Very common in woods not close 
to the town. I have a series of u.s. ; in some the hind wings are very 
brightly marked, quite purplish, in others chiefly yellow. A. aglaia. 
Occasionally in woods in the south. A. adippe. In woods and fields, 
especially on hillsides, found with A, aglaia^ but much commoner. A. 
paphia. Dr. Chapman has taken the var. valesma just on the border 
of the county (south), so we are anxious to claim that as a Herefordian 
also. The type common in w’oods, the $ being very variable. 
Melitcea aurinia. Locally plentiful some years ago, since sparingly ; I 
have not seen it alive since 1888. Va 7 iessa c-albu 7 n. Common, some 
years especially so, e.g. 1887. The var. hutchinsoni (spring brood) may 
be obtained. V. polychloros. Usually scarce. The larvae were in great 
profusion a few years ago. V. urticce. Very common and very variable. 
Mr. A. C. Edwards bred the extreme variety figured in Newman’s 
British Butterflies^ in August, 1887 (it might appropriately be named 
