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 A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE all in the west of the county ; Alcester, Haselor and Salford Priors in extreme south-west ; Whitchurch, Wolford, Idlicote, Wellesbourne, Ettington, all nearly south ; Rugby in the extreme east ; Atherstone on the north-east border ; Brandon, Coombe, Waveney and PVankton Woods all in the eastern parts of the county ; and Coventry, Warwick, etc., almost in the centre. A glance at the map will show that most of the places where the majority of our records have been made happen to be on or very near the border line of the county. The total number of species recorded is only 813, excluding doubt- fully accurate ones, a very poor number which could easily be added to by a little attention to the smaller species. There are 46 butterflies, of which 6 Aporia crafagi, Vanessa Antiopa, Nemeobius lucina, Lyccena Argus, L. Condon, and L. semiargus have no good claim to be considered War- wickshire insects. The larger species, Noctuidas, Geometridae, etc., of the old lists are fairly well represented, whilst the greater number of blanks will be found in the old families Tortricida? and Tineidae. I have adopted for this list the classification and nomenclature of Staudinger and Rebel's last catalogue without change, although I do not think that it by any means reaches the high water mark of modern entomological progress. I have given synonyms according to no regular system, quoting only those which it seemed to me would be helpful to make clear the species intended. land it is never abundant with us. It is very rarely seen excepting in the big Edusa years. I have records from Bent ley Heath (A. H. Mar- tineau) ; Meriden (one = 1892, G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle (W. Kiss, W. G. Blatch Hand., J. T. Fountain) ; Yardley and Coleshill (W. G. Blatch Hand.); Marston Green (Blatch Cat.) ; Allesley (occa- sionally, W. Bree) ; Warwick (com- mon in 1877, but never seen since ; two of var. Helice amongst them, P. P. Baly) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Wolford Woods (plentiful in 1900, Austen) ; Whitchurch (J. H. Bloom) ; Sutton Coldfield (J. W. Moore En- tom, 1892); Wolford (common in 1877 ; also var. Helice, W. C. E. Wheeler) ; Rugby (Lucas, E.M.M. 1892, p. 266) ; several records in Rugby lists in years 1867, 1877, 1889, 1892, including one var. Helice at Overslade (J. M. Furness, 1892), etc. Gonepteryx rhamni, L. Throughout the county NYMPHALID^ NYMPHALINJE Apatura Iris, L. Very rare. I have never seen a Warwickshire specimen, but PIERID^E Aporia cratsegi, L. Never seems to have been a native of this county. The Rev. W. Bree once took a single specimen at Allesley, and Mr. W. C. E. Wheeler says he has an old speci- men of his father's which he believes was taken at Wolford Pieris brassicae, L. Common everywhere - rapas, L. - '"Pi, L. Euchloe cardamines, L. Leptidia (Lcucophasia) sinapis, L. Very rare ; I know of no recent captures. Mr. W. G. Blatch (Brit. Assoc. Hand.) says: 'Occasionally in woods near Knoiu/e.' It occurs in Mr. F. Enock's list, 1869, probably referring to the same place ; and in the Rugby It6t for 1874 (H. Vicars) Colias Hyale, L. Very rare ; only casuals have occurred. Edgbaston Reservoir (one in 1868, F. Enock ; mentioned in Newman's) ; Rugby (W. S. Edmonds, Rugby list, 1888); near Birmingham (G. H.Kenrick, E.M.M. 1868, p. 107) ; Wolford Woods (several in 1900, Austen) Colias Edusa, F. We get our share of the occasional immigrations of this species, although being so far in- 126