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Moreover, it is an early comer, appearing with the 

 Cuckoo-flower, whose name it has borrowed, and finish- 

 ing its brief existence in earty June, ere summer has 

 well commenced. It falls an easy prey to the collector, 

 experienced or inexperienced, for its flight is weak, and 

 the bright orange tip to the wings renders the male a 

 rather conspicuous object by the hedgerow in the spring. 

 The female is not so easily distinguished while on the 

 wing, for the absence of the orange tip gives her much 

 the appearance of a very small White, and her more 

 sober colouring no doubt often proves her safeguard, for 

 more males are usually noticed than females. E. car- 

 damines is on the wing but once in the year, and then 

 only for a short time comparatively, so if specimens are 

 wanted they must be sought for, if indeed it is neces- 

 sary to seek at all, before mid-June. Now and again, 

 however, a few specimens are taken in late summer or 

 autumn ; these are representatives of a second brood ; 

 that is to say, the chrysalides have produced the perfect 

 insect before the winter instead of after it. All such 

 instances are worth recording in the entomologist's notes. 

 The Orange-tip delights to make its apparently aimless 

 way along the hedgerows, but also may be found in 

 woods and gardens, and almost any other place that 

 butterflies are accustomed to frequent. No particular 

 locality need be given, for it is common everywhere 

 throughout the country. 



A habit the Orange-tip has of reposing, when the sun 

 is not shining, on the white flower-heads of the large 

 parsley-like plant Anthriscus sylvestris, is worthy of notice. 

 It is no doubt a case of what is sometimes called " pro- 

 tective resemblance." For when the wings are closed, 

 and only the green-and-white chequering of the under- 

 surface of the hind-wing is exposed, it becomes an 



