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appearance iu the streets of a small town, sunning itself 

 on the walls ; but apparently very little attracted by gardens 

 or cultivated fields. Passes the night in some tree, preferring 

 an oak, and may be seen towards sunset carefully selecting a 

 suitable spray for the purpose, and apparently seeks a simi- 

 lar shelter from wet weather. 



Probably in all large woods in England and Wales, in many 

 of them abundant ; indeed it forms quite a striking feature 

 in favourable years in the New Forest from its great 

 numbers ; and is found even to the extreme west of South 

 Wales ; scarce in the north of England ; rare in Scotland, 

 though recorded iu the Clyde, Dee, and Tay districts ; much 

 more common in Ii-eland, where it has been found in abund- 

 ance at Killamey by Mr. Kane, and at Garinish Island by 

 the Hon. Emily Lawless. Also abundant in Wicklow ; at 

 Merlin Park and St. Clerans, Galway ; and at Sligo ; but 

 found by the Rev. W. F. Johnson to be very scarce near 

 Armagh, which is probably its northern limit in that country. 



Abroad it ranges through the greater part of Europe, 

 Western Asia, and Siberia, and even reaches Japan. 



2. A. Adippe, L. — Exj^anse, 2| to 2 J inches. Rich 

 fulvous, with black nervures and spots. Under side of hind 

 wings with numerous brilliant spots of silvery, and a row of 

 red spots before the hind margin. 



Fore wings with the hind margin below the apex nearly 

 straight, or very slightly concave ; hind wings rounded, very 

 faintly scalloped. Rich fulvous, with the basal portions of all 

 the wings golden brown ; spots and neiTures black. Male — 

 fore wings with four elongated costal spots lying across the 

 discal cell ; beyond are three rows of spots between the 

 nervures, the first I'ow somewhat squared and extremely 

 irregular, the second rounded and placed in a far more 

 regular line, the third parallel with the hind margin, and 

 consisting of crescents. Along the margin is a fourth 

 row at the tips of the nervures and connected by a faint 



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