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COMMA. 



PLATE XXXII. 



J'anessa C-ulhiim, 

 Papilio C-alhum, 



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Polygonia C-alhum, 

 Comma C-alhum, 



OCHSEXIIEIIIER. CtRTIS. 



Stephens. Duncax. Westwood. 



LiNNJEus. Lewix. Donovan. 



Harris. Albin. 



Hubnee. 



Eennie. 



This very handsome and singularly-shaped species has been 

 noticed very abundantly two successive years by Mr. Graham, 

 of York, near Green Hanimerton, Yorkshire, alighting in hun- 

 dreds on the blossoms of the common wild scabious; and James 

 Dalton, Esq. has taken it at Hackfall, so celebrated for its 

 beautiful scenery. It also occurs near York. I have seen it 

 occasionally near Doncaster, and in other parts of the same 

 county. I have also taken it in plenty in the neighbourhood 

 of Broomsgrove, Worcestershire, in all parts of which county 

 it is doubtless to be found, as it also is throughout WarAvick- 

 shire. Other localities for it are Lilford, Barnwell, and Ashton 

 Wold, and the neighbourhood of Polebrook, Northants. It used 

 formerly to be taken at Glanvillc's Wootton, Dorsetshire, by J. 

 C. Dale, Esq., but is now never seen there. It is very rare 

 near Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, and very abundant near Bristol, 

 and doubtless in other parts of Gloucestershire. In Hertford- 

 shire it also occurs, and the neighbourhood of London; and in 

 Scotland, in Fifeshire. 



The perfect insect appears in June, and in August or Sep- 

 tember, there being two broods in the year, the latter of which 

 is paler in colour than the former. Some individuals live 

 throughout the winter, and re-appear the following spring in 



