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The caterpillar is dull-green and reddish, with a 

 tvhite collar, and spotted with white near the tail-end. 

 It feeds on leguminous plants. 



The butterfly appears in July and August, but is only 

 found in a limited number of localities, and these chiefly 

 in the southern counties ; but where found at all, it is 

 generally abundant. Among its localities are the fol- 

 lowing : — Croydon ; Brighton ; Lewes ; Dover ; Lynd- 

 hurst ; Blandford ; Plymouth ; Old Sarum, Wiltshire ; 

 Barnwell and Ashton Wolds, Northamptonshire ; Hal- 

 ton, Bucks; Newmarket; Gogmagog Park, Cambridge; 

 Hull ; Scarl>orough. 



