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Lepidopterous Fauna Lancashire and Cheshire LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE LEPIDOPTERA, THE LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE COMPILED BY WM. MANSBRIDGE, F.E.S., Hon. Sec. La11c:1 shire and Cheshire Entomological Society. BEING A NEW EDITION OF Dr. ELLIS'S LIST brought up to date with the a~s istance of the Lepidoptcrists whose names nppcnr below. Ark le, J., Chester A. Baxter, T., Min-y-don, St. Annes-on-Sea T.B. Bell, Dr. Wm., J.P., Rutland House, New Brighton W.B. Boyd, A. W., M.A., F.E.S., The Alton, Altrincham ... A.W.B Brockholes, J. F. The late J.F.B. Capper, S. J. The late .. S.J.C. Chappell, Jos. The late .. J C. Collins, Joseph, The University Museum, Oxford J. Coll. Cooke, N. The late N.C. Corbett, H. H., Doncaster H.H.C. Cotton, J., M.R.C.S., etc., Simonswood, Prescot Rd., St. Helens ... ]. Cot. Crabtree, B. H., F. E.S., Cringle Lodge, Leve nshulme, Manchester ... B.H.C. Day, G. 0 ., F.E.S. late of Knutsforcl ... D. Wolley-Dod, F. H, Edge, near Malpas F.H.W.D. Ellis, John W ., M.B. (Vic), F.E.S., etc., 18, Rodney Street, Liverpool J.W.E. Forsythe, Claude F., The County Asylum, Lancaster C.H F. Frewin, Colonel, Tarvin Sands ... F. Greening, Noah, The late N.G. Gregson, Chas. S., The late C.S.G. Gregson, W., The late ... W.G. Harrison, Albert, F.E.S., The lalt1 A.H. 2 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 3 Harrison, W. W.H. Higgins, Rev: H. H., The late ... H.H.H. Hodgkinson, J . B., The late ... J . B.H. RHOPALOCERA. Johnson, C.F., West Bank, Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey C.F.J. Frt:11t. PIERIDLE. Johnson, Wm., The late .. W .J . PIERIS, Sehr. Melvill, J. C., Meole Brace Hall, near Shrewsbury .. J.C.M. Mansbridge, Wm., F.E.S, 4, Norwich Rd., Liverpool W.M. Pieris brassic.e, L. Ccmmon everywhere in Lancashire and Newstead, Prof. Robert, M.Sc., F, R.S., Hon. F .R. HS., Cheshire in June and July, The late Mr. Albert Harrii;;on bred The University, Liverpool. .. N. a for_m of the female having the spots on the fore-wings joined, Pierce, F. N., F.E.S., 1, The Elms, Dingle, Liverpool F.N.P. making a dumbbell-shaped bar, from Wavertree, Liverpool. Prince, H. B., Birkenhead . .. Pr. Pieris ra p.e, L. Generally distributed and common in both Richardson, 128, Selborne Street, Princes Rd., J. J., counties. At Rostherne, Cheshire, not so common as nap£ Liverpool ... J.J.R. (A.W.B.). A dusky form taken at Altrincham some years Sharp, W .E., F.E.S., Charterlea, Wokingham Road, ago (A.W.B.). Crowthorne, Berks... .. Sh. Stock, J. H ., M.P., The White Hall, near Tarporley Stk. Pieris napi, L. Generally distributed inland in both counties. Stocks, W. P ., F.R.C.S., 59, Wilmslow Road, North Lancashire, abundant both broods; about Clougha Pike Withington, Manchester ... W.P.S. some of the forms are much suffused with black scales the Sweeting, H. R ., M.A, Wulfruna, Alexandra veins being broadly marked (Forsythe) ; this is also the case Avenue, North Finchley, London, N. W. H.R.S. in the Burnley district (A.E.W.). Tait, R., Roseneath, Ashton-on-Mersey R.T. Thorpe, John, Altrincham Tp. Thornewill, Rev. C. F., Calverhall Vicarage, Whit- EUCHLOE, Hiib. church Th. Euchloe ca rclamines, L. This species is somewhat local in its Tyerman, W. A., Liverpool W.A.T. distribution and is more abundant in Cheshire than in Lr,nca­ Walker, A. 0., Chester ... A.O.W. shire, except the North. Wilding, Richard, 52a, Orrell Lane, Walton, Liverpool R.W. Williams, C. B., F .E.S., 20, Slatey Road, Claughton Lanc.-Grange, Holker Moss, Ulverstone, Windermere and Birkenhead ... C.B.W. Silverdale, abundant (C.F.J.,B.H.C.); Uncommon about Wright, A. E ., 41, Brooklands Road, Burnley A.E.W. Lancaster ; near Quernmore and Torrisholme, odd specimens only (C.H.F.); Smithy Bridge, near Rochdale, one taken by Publications quoted :­ Mrs. Radcliffe. Fairly common in low-lying meadows between Entomologists Monthly Magazine, The E. M.M. the coast and Ormskirk, and between Allerton and Hale · Entomologist, The Entom. Bolton, fairly common ; Preston scarce; Rainhill, very scare; Entomologists' Record, The Ent. Rec. (E.L.). Dr. Eilis's List ... EL. Mr. A. 0. \Valker's List W.L. W est.-\iVitherslack and Meathop, abundant (C.H.F.). Other Abbreviations employed :- Ches -Recorded from all parts of the Delamere Forest district by all collectors ; Bramhall (R. T.) ; Castle Mill Lane. Lancashire r.c. Rather comm .W.B.); Stockport, odd specimens, (C.F.J.); Tabley Ches. Cheshire v.c. Very common (A (A.W.B.); numbers between Farndonand Eccleston(A W.B.); West. Westmorland Dist. District ); a. Abundant 0cc. Occasional ~xto_n near Birkenhead and Chester (C B. W . Chester chstnct, common; throughout Wirral as at Bromborough and C. Common r. Rare Raby Mere (R. W.); Chester (C.B. W.); Tarvin (W.M.); 11.c, Not common Sev, Several local abouf Cheadle Hulme and Alderley (E.L.). 4 LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. LANCASHUrn ANO cHt;;Sl-IlRE LEP!DOPTERA. In Mosley's Illustrated Var. Lepidoptera are figured two (C.H.F.); Grange, fairly common, 1892, fairly common (G. A. aberrations of this species captured in Lancashire-the one a Booth), 1892-3 (T.B.) ; Burnage, 1892, one specimen (W. very dwarf specimen taken by S.L.M. at Amside in 1877, the Raeper) ; 1878, several (H. Massey). other taken by Mr. Gregson at Southport, in which the ground colour of the wings is pale yellow, E. L. West.-Meathop Bank in 1900 (G. Loxham). Ches.-New Brighton, 1847, taken by Mr. Canty (C.S.G.); LEUCOPHASIA, Steph. Chester, rather common in 1859 and again in 1877 (A.O.W.) ; Alcl erley, one in 1868 by vV. W. Keyworth (H.H.C.); Bollin Leucophasia sinapis, L. This species, once tolerably common, Valley, 1869, several (J. R. Hardy); Bowdon, 1877 (Tp. in but local, is now only recorded from the Grange district and Day list); Handforth, common, 1877 (H.H.C.) ; Sale, 1877, the neighbourhood of Witherslack; the insect is now rare in several (Chas. Oldham) ; Liscard, taken freely in 1877 by those places where it is still met with. Mr. Leather (J.WE.); Storeton, common, 1877 (W.G.); Lanc.-Grange, a series by W. H . Goulty (Entom. 1890, 1889 and 1893 (Pr.); Wallasey sanclhills, 1877 (J .W.E.,R.W.); 385) ; abundant at Grange, E.L. ; Manchester, one from 1899 and 1893 (Pr.) ; Delamere, 1877 (Mrs. Leather, A.) ; one Clifton Wood (F.N.P.) E.L. in 1878 (J.C.M.); Guilden, Sutton and Ellesmere Port, one at West.-Witherslack and Meathop, fairly common (C.H. F.) each place in 1901 (N.); Dee Cop, Chester, 1900, several seen (N.); Parkgate, one in 1911 (A.W.B.); Congleton, several in Ches.-Dunham Park (J.B.H., Intel!. 1859, vol. II., 101); 1877 (R.W.). also recorded from a plantation between Hooton and Mollington by Mr. GregsoIJ, E. L. Said to occur near Park gate, D.L. Var. helice, Hub. Very rare. The following from E.L. are the only records :-Crosby, a single specimen captured in 1877 by COLIA , Fabr. Thomas West (Trans. Lane. and Ches. Ent. Soc, 1877); Birkenhead district, a specimen taken by Mr. Wm. Lello, in Colias hyale, L. There are no records since the publication of August, 1868 (Entom. iv, 145); Storeton, one in 1877 by Ellis' list in 1885, the reference is as follows:-" Mr. Chappell vV. Gardner, Burnage, one helice in 1878 (H. Massey). informs me that this species was captured at Bury by Mr. Robert Kay; in Stainton's Manual it is recorded as having GONEPTERYX, Leach. occurred in the Manchester district." Gonepteryx rhamni, L. Except in North Lancashire, where it Colias edusa, Fab. This species is of very irregular occurrence appears to be occasionally abundant, this conspicuous butterfly in both counties. In the so-called edusa years it is common in is rare. certa'n localities, generally on or near the coast, as Grange, Lanc.-Bolton, occasional (W.J.); Silverdale (J.C.M.); Meathop, Wallasey, etc. while between these periods it is only Hale, taken by Mr. Nixon (C.S.G.) ; Rainhill, two females of occasional appearance. many years ago (H.H.H.); Lancaster, 1905, rare (C.H.F.); Lanc.-1847, Liverpool, in Pigue Lane (C.S.G.); Bolton, in Prescot, one by Rev. R. Freeman, in 1893 (J. Cot.) ; Grange 1858 (W.J); Ulverstone, one in 1858 (J . Kirby); Lancaster, and Holker Moss, fairly common, abundant some years 1869 (J B.H ) ; Southport, 1869 (R. Kay); Bury (R. Kay). In (B.H.C.). 1877 it was recorded from several places as common, which West.-Witherslack, abundant, Arnsicle, fairly common was the case all over the country in that year. Crosby, (C.H.F.). abundant (J .W.E.); Manchester (F. Kenderdine); Middleton, abundant (J. Thorpe); Southport (R. Kay); Grange, freely at Ches.-Alderley, one in 1867 (H.H.C.); Cheadle Hulme, times (J.B.H.); Huyton, one specimen (S.J.C.) ; 1889, a good one in 1868 (H.H.C.); Bidston, one in 1875 (W.G.); Upton, many at Grange (G. Podmore, Entom. 1890, page 16) ; St. seen by Mr. Almond (J.F.B.) ; Beeston Castle, taken by Mr. Anne's-on-Sea, sevetal in 1900 (B .H .C.); Best Bank, 1900 Geo. Day (A.O.W.); Chester (Day); Bowdon, Bollin Valley (C.H.F.); near Halton, 1900 (C.H.F.); Bold (A. Jackson, and Lindow Common, rare (J.C.); Delamere Forest, odd specimens by various collectors :-Mr.
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