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With the foregoing I conclude the list of Butterflies which I have as yet 

 observed here. If it should prove acceptable I will send a similar one of 

 some of the Noctuce. 



2, Leaclidale Place, Old Ford, July 21st. , 1856. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO 

 AN ENTOMOLOGY OF BANFFSHIRE. 



BY W. 

 BUTTERFLIES. 



This may appear to the readers of "The Naturalist/' a high-sounding 

 extensive heading. It is; but my motto always is, "Bode a gown o' silk, 

 and ye '11 be sure o' a slieve o't." Here then is the first bode, in shape 

 of a list of the Butterflies. Whether the "gown" come time will tell. It 

 is not meant that time + 1 = the task; but it is hoped that time + the help 

 of kind friends + 1 = an approximation of a list of the more common classes 

 of insects to be met with in the county and part of the surrounding dis- 

 trict. If labour can do anything to accomplish the task, it shall not be 

 wanting on my part, if Providence cast my future lot within it, (for I 

 am not yet "settled in life") and spare me health. Whether the district 

 is rich in entomological stores remains in a great measure to be seen. In 

 Butterflies, as the list testifies, it is far from rich; in moths it may stand 

 better; and in beetles it may prove fair. 



The arrangement and nomenclature are those of "Stainton's Manual." 



Large White, (Pieris brassicae.) — Is most abundant, and has been caught 

 in fine preservation as late as the end of September. 



Small White, (Pieris rapse.) — Is often too plentiful, to the cost of many 

 a "kailyard," and to the sore displeasure of many a thrifty "guidwife." It 

 is very variable; one I have is pure white, without any spots in the fore 

 wings; another, a female, of a pale yellowish colour, very thickly dotted 

 both on the fore and hind wings towards the body. A third, a male, 

 with the black mark on the costa of hind wing scarcely perceptible; others 

 with some other peculiarity, scarcely any two of them are alike. 



Green Veined, (Pieris Napis) — Though common, this one, in my expe- 

 rience, is not so plentiful as its congeners. 



Orange Tip, (Anthocaris cardamines.) — Is rather common. 



Grayling, (Hipparchia semele.) — This Butterfly, although not found within 

 the precincts of the county, is found in Moray, and will no doubt be found 

 in the upper districts, that are quite of the same nature of country as 

 Moray. 



Meadoio Brown, (Hipparchia janira.) — In profusion all over the county 



