LEPIDOPTERA OF THE BRISTOL DISTRICT. 
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Having now compL'ted the list of our local Lepidoptera, a few 
remarks on some of the species contained in it rnaj be of interest. 
Compared with other districts of similar extent of which local 
catalogues have been published, it will be seen that ours is 
tolerably rich in species. 
In the introductory remarks printed in the first part of this 
Catalogue, it was stated that Mr. Barrett’s list of the Lepi- 
doptera of Norfolk would be taken as a model for this; as the 
district there treated of is only sliglitly larger than our own, it 
may be of interest to compare the species contained in the two 
Catalogues. 
Our list of 55 butterflies includes all those recorded for 
Norfolk and the following additional species, viz. — P. DapUdice, 
L. Sibylla, L. Avion, Adonis, N. Lucina, and H. Comma. In 
the Nocturni we have 73 species as compared with 74 ; we miss 
several of the Norfolk fen species, but have others not found 
there. There are 208 Geometre in our list, while the eastern 
county only numbers 18S, most of our additional species being 
found in our woods and on our lime-stone downs. 'The Depanulce 
and Pseudo- Bo mb yces combined number respectively 25 and 24, 
the extra species in our list being our Leigh Woods “ Hook-tipC 
D. Sicula. Of the Noctiice we have 215 Bristol species against 
223 in Norfolk ; in this group the absence of fenland may chiefly 
account for the fact that no less than 35 of the Noctuce recorded 
by Mr. Barrett have not yet been noticed in our district, but as 
we have 27 species not in his list, the numbers ai-e as above. 
In both lists the Deltoids and Aventice combined number 10, 
the species being the same. Of the Norfolk Pyrales 5 are 
absent from our list, but as we have 9 not found there the totals 
are 47 to 44. The absence of fenland is again shown in our list 
of Crambites, 19 of the eastern species not being found here, but 
as we have 7 species not included in the Norfolk list, the numbers 
are 42 to 54. Of the micros we have 205 Toctrices, 410 Tineina, 
