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LARGE SICirPER. 



J'l.ATE I. XVIII. 



Hesperia Sylvanus, Fabricius. Villars. Gmelix. 



" " OCHSENHEIMER. CURTLS. 



Papilio Sylvanus, Hubner. Donovan. Haworth. 



" " Harris. 



Pamphila Svlvanus, Fabricius. Stephens. Duncan. 



" " Wood. Westwood. 



The habits of this kindred species are similar to those of the next 

 but one, and "a life in the woods for me" will be the exclamation of 

 every lover of nature who seeks it or any other butterfly in the calm 

 and peaceful scenes where it is to be met with — the ridings and paths 

 in]| woods, or their borders, sheltered lanes, etc. 



It is common in most parts of the country; in Yorkshire at Sutton- 

 on-Derwent, and a variety of places. Also near Brighton, Bisterne, 

 Cirencester, Bromsgrove, Charmouth, Shanklin, Llandudno, etc. Near 

 Falmouth it is in general scarce, but was plentiful in the year 1850, 

 in a lane leading to Mr. Jagoe's farm, as W. P. Cocks, Esq., writes 

 me word. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of May, or beginning of June, 

 and also at the end of July, or beginning of August. 



This species measures rather over an inch and a quarter across the 

 wings. The fore wings are tawny orange, with a large black vein 

 following the front edge, and an oblique bar near the middle, from the 

 end of which the black veins diverge; the outer part is tawny brown, 

 two spots detached from the orange near the tip, breaking the line of 

 the latter; the margin paler, edged inside with black. The hind wings 

 are of the same general ground-colours, with a waved bar of spots of 

 a brighter tint than the rest. 



Underneath, the fore wings are marked as above, but much duller 

 and less distinctly: the brown is tinged with green in some lights. 



