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 INSECTS A number of records are also taken from the Burton-on-Trent list by the late Mr. J. T. Harris and Dr. P. Mason, as their district includes part of Leicestershire. A number of melanic forms occur in the neighbourhood of Leicester and will be dealt with in the notes to the list. The classification followed is that of South. RHOPALOCERA PlERIDAK Pieris brassicae, L. (Large White) ^ .-, T /c 11 iin.-* Common every- rapae, L. (Small White) >, ' napi, L. (Green-veined White)) Anthocharis cardamines, L. (Orange Tip.) Gen. dist., larvae on garden rocket ; >s also at rest on that plant Leucophasis sinapis, L. (Wood White.) Recorded by Stainton and Coleman ; there is only one other record from Earl Shilton in 1880 Colias hyale, L. (Pale Clouded Yellow). Recorded by Stainton. I have a specimen taken in the Anstey Lane in 1877 edusa, F. (Clouded Yellow.) Occasionally in numbers, notably in 1877, 1893, and 1900 all over the county var. helice, Hb. This pale form has occurred in 1877 Anstey Lane, 1893 Stoughton, 1900 Cadeby Gonopteryx rhamni, L. (Brimstone). Odd specimens always occurring throughout the county, abun- dant in 1900, usually rare NYMPHALIDAE Argynnis selene, Schiff. r. Loughborough, Quorn, Charn- zvood Forest euphrosyne, L. Owston, Bradgate, Seal Wood, Quorn, Knighton aglaia, L. v.c. at Bradgate forty years ago now extinct, Market Bosworth one specimen 1906 probably blown over from Staffordshire adippe, L. Owston, Skfffington, Billesdon, Quorn, r. paphia,L. Owston, c.,Quorn, Seal Wood, Gum/ey,Sf.c. Melitaea aurina, Rott. Recorded by Stainton, Charn- wood Forest (E. Brown) ; Bardon Hill, 1892, E. S. Pink, is the only recent record Vanessa C-album, L. (Comma.) No recent records, but notes from Gumley, Quorn, Loughborough, Blaby, Anstey, Seal Wood polychloros, L. (Large Tortoiseshell.) Quorn, Owston, Sutton Ambien, Kibworth, Tugby, Scrap- toft, &c., r. urticae, L. (Small Tortoiseshell.) Gen. dist. io, L. (Peacock.) Gen. dist. antiopa, L. (Camberwcll Beauty.) Leicester a number of specimens in 1873, also from Lough- borough, Bitteswell atalanta, L. (Red Admiral.) Gen. dist. cardui, L. (Painted Lady.) Gen. dist. APATURIDAB Apatura iris, L. (Purple Emperor.) Recorded by Stainton but no recent record SATYRIDAE Melanargia galatea, L. (Marbled White.) A chalk insect ; recorded from Gumley(R.ev. A. Matthews), Quorn (J. H. Hind) RHOPALOCERA (continued) SATYRIDAE (continued) Pararge egeria, L. (Speckled Wood.) v.r., Bardon Hill, Seal Wood, Quorn, Gumley, Loughborough megaera, L. (Wall.) Chamwood, Mountsorrel, Six- hills, Billesdon, Tilton, Ratcliffe, Quorn, Gumley Epinephele janira, L. (Meadow Brown.) Gen. dist. tithonus, L. About brambles when in bloom, gen. dist. hyperanthes, L. (Ringlet.) Common in a few woods but local, Bardon, Scraftoft, Skejpngton, Owston, Sutton Ambien, Barkby, Sixhills, Gumley ab. arete, Mull. The form without spots on the under side has been taken at Owston Coenonympha pamphilus, L.C. c. on heaths and open spaces LYCAENIDAE Thecla W-album, Knoch. Local but abundant in some localities, Owston Wood, v.c., Evington, Rothley, Swithland, Buddon, Loughborough, Seal Wood, Sutton Ambien, Quenby, Scraptoft quercus, L. n.c. but found round young oaks, Charnwood Forest, Ulverscroft, Swithland, Quorn, Bardon, Anstey, Gumley, Seal Wood, Owston, Sutton Ambien rubi, L. Recorded from Quorn (Rev. J. H. Hind) Polyommatus phleas, L. Gen. dist. Lycaena astrache, Bgstr. r. near Gumley (Matthews) icarus, Rott. c. and gen. dist. argiolus, L. Local but widely dist. Gumley, Quorn, Kibworth, Bradgate, Market Bosworth ERYCINIDAE Nemeobius lucina, L. Recorded from Quorn (Rev. J. H. Hind) ; occurs in some numbers in Rutland and Northants, so maybe found on that side of the county at Owston or other woods HESPERIIDAE Syrichthus malvae, L. Very local but abundant at Owston Wood, has occurred at Loughborough, Gumley, Quorn, Sixhills, Market Bosworth ab. taras, Meig. Owston Nisoniades tages, L. Local, Loughborough, Gumley, Buddon, Owston, Quorn Hesperia thaumas, Hufn. Local but fairly common where it occurs, Loughborough, Quorn, Gumley, Sixhills, Owston, Tilton, Wellesborough sylvanus, Esp. Fairly common in woody places where it occurs, Owston, Sutton Ambien, Quorn, Loughborough, Gumley, Sixhills, Ratcliffe, Ashby, Barkby HETEROCERA SPHINCIDAE Acherontia atropos, L. A number of records from all parts of the county, always rare however 79