CLOUDED YELLOW. H 



been frequently noticed in the beginnin<^ of the former month, and 

 even at the end of July. Mr. J. F. Stevens also took one on the 

 23rd. of that month. One was observed by Mr. S. Stevens on the 

 29th. of .June, 1851, near Higham. It was a fine fresh specimen, and 

 it is the earliest record of its appearance that I have ever heard of, 

 excepting the 16th., 18th., and 24th. of that month, in 18-31. J. C. 

 Dale, Esq. has captured it on the 11th. of July, 1811; the 14th., 

 1818; 18th., 18.32; 2.3rd., 1822; 2oth., 1826; 28th., 1818; and 30th., 

 1808. Alfred Greenwood, Esq. has taken it on the 10th. of July. 

 William Arnold Bromfield, Esq. noticed it in the Isle of Wight, in 

 184-5, from July the 3rd. to October the 29th. Frederick Bond, Esq. 

 has seen it on the 14th. of July, and heard of another taken the same 

 day; the Rev. Edward Horton on the 5th. of August; R. C. R. Jordan, 

 Esq. caught one in fine condition on the 4th. of November, 1843; and 

 J. C. Dale, Esq. one on the same day of the same month, in 1808. 

 The late Captain Blomer took one on the 3rd. of November. 



The caterpillar feeds on the Medicago lupulina, various species of 

 clover [trifolium), etc. 



The male Clouded Yellow measures from two inches to two inches 

 and a half across the wings. The fore wings are of an exceedingly 

 rich and lovely orange-colour, with a rounded black spot near the 

 centre, and a broad black margin irregularly indented on the inner 

 side, with several narrow orange nerve-like lines running across it. 

 There is also an elegant very narrow pink and light orange border 

 outside the black border, at the extreme edge. The hind wings are 

 of a deeper orange-colour, with a large round central spot of a brighter 

 and very beautiful hue, darkened at the edge. 



The female has the broad black border on the fore wings interspered 

 with several irregular yellow marks, as if the ground-colour of the 

 wings shewed through. The hind wings are darker, and of a yellower 

 tint than in the male, with a shade of green; and their black margin 

 is singularly interrupted with yellow. Underneath, the fore wings are 

 of a lighter orange-colour, with a black central spot; the margins 

 greenish, with a row of blackish spots at some distance from the lower 

 part of the outside margin. The hind wings are greenish orange, with 

 a round dull silvery spot, surrounded with red, and attended, in some 

 specimens, by a satellite smaller silvery dot. Between it and the 

 outside margin is a row of reddish brown dots; one of them large, in 

 the direction of the middle of the upper side, the others very faint. 



There is a permanent variety of the female of this species — the 

 'Colias Helice' of some Authors, which is occasionally, though but 

 rarely, met with. It is a very interesting insect. The ground-colour 



