CAMBERWELL BEAUTY. 



WHITE BORDER. GRAND SURPRISE. 

 PLATE XXXI. 



Vanessa Antiopa, Ochsenheimer. Stephens. 



" " Dd'ncan. Curtis. 



Pajjilio Antiopa, LiNNJETJS. Haworth. Lewix. 



" " Don^ovAX. Harris. Wilkes. 



JEuf/onia Antiopa, Hubneu. 



The wide uncertainty of the periodical appearance of tliis 

 very fine butterfly in our country is very remarkable, and 

 "wliitliev away?" between tlie dates of its visits is a question 

 we cannot answer. About eighty years ago it appeared in 

 immense numbers. Again, in the year 1819, it was observed 

 in abundance in all parts of the kingdom: comparatively few 

 have been seen since, but latterly, within the last few years, 

 more have been met with, probably from having been better 

 looked after. 



The neighbourhood of Rawmarsh, near Rothcrham, Yorkshire, 

 is one of the most uniform localities for this rare insect that I 

 am aware of. In my own garden, at Nafferton, near Driffield, 

 one, as there seemed no doubt that it must have been, was 

 seen by my servant a few years since. It has occurred also 

 near Cromer, Norfolk. I thought that I once saw one, three 

 or four miles south-west of the city of Worcester. It has also 

 been captured in the following localities, the year 184() having 

 been unusually productive of the species: — In that year, in a 

 garden in the suburbs of York, one was taken, and two others 

 were seen at the same time; one near Epping, on the 13th. of 

 September, and another was seen; one taken near Yaxley 



