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| April 3, 
1798. 
Extracts from ihe Minute Book of the Linnean Society. 
N account of the Ardea Gardeni,- Gmel. Syf. Nat. 
v. I. 645, having been fhot in Oxfordíhire by 
_ John Horatio Dickinfon, Efq: F.L: S. was communicated 
to the Society. : 
The Rev. Mr. Abbot, F.L.S. informed the Society of 
his having taken the Papifio Pani ifeus (He efperia Panifcus, 
Fab.) in Clapham-Park Wood, Bedfordíhire. He ob- 
ferves that * this Papilio is molt eafily taken in May and 
* June, when the P. Lucina, or Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, 
* js out; but the term of its exiftence feems to be longer, 
_ as fome fpecimens have been caught, in good condition, 
** a full fortnight after the Lucina has difappeared. It is 
“to be found from 7 to 9 o'clock in the morning; very 
“ often playing in pairs juft after fun-rife, or at leaft as 
* foon as the morning fog has evaporated. Its flight is 
* extremely fhort, very near the ground. It delights to 
. “ fettle on the blades of very long Graffes or Carices, and 
“is far from being a timid infe&." Mr. Abbot withes to 
name it the Duke of York Fritillary. With its Jarva 
and pupa he is unacquainted, 
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