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XXXI. Extracts from the Minute Book of the Limean Society, 



-^Pf'il 3' A ^ account of the Ardea Gardenia Gmel. Syjl. Nat. 

 I790' XjL v. I. 645, having been fhot in Oxfordlhire by- 

 John Horatio Dickinfon, Efq. F.L.S. was communicated 

 to the Society. 



Nov. 6. Tlie Rev. Mr. Abbot, F.L.S. informed the Society of 

 his having taken the Papi/io Panifcus (Hefperia Panifcus, 

 Fab.) in Ciapham-Park Wood, Bedfordfhire. He ob- 

 ferves that " this Papilio is mod eafily taken in May and 

 " June.whentheP. L«a«<7, or Duke of Burgundy Fritillary, 

 " is 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 jufl after fun-rife, or at leaft as 

 " foon as the morning fog has evaporated. Its flight is 

 " extremely lliort, very near the ground. It delights to 

 " fettle on the blades of very long GrafTes or Carices, and 

 " is far from being a timid infedl." Mr. Abbot wifhes to 

 name it the Duke of York Fritillary. With its larva 

 and pupa he is unacquainted. 



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