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ifron; its local character, this is of course one of th 

 species that <;he collector can hardly expect to meet 

 with, except he live in one of the districts given above 

 as its head quarters. In these, however, it is abundant 

 enough, and the first sight of a number of these gran< 

 insects on the wing must be enough to gladden the eye 

 of any naturalist. 



This butterfly comes out first in May, and is met 

 with from that time till August. 



THE BRIMSTONE BUTTERFLY. 

 (Gmepteryx ffluzmni.) (Plate III. fig. 2.) 



THOUGH one of the commonest of our native butterflies, 

 this, like numberless other very common things, is also 

 one of the loveliest, both in the graceful outline of its 

 wings, and in the lively hue that overspreads their 

 "iirface ; charms the more to be appreciated, as this 

 insect is one of the few that do not wait for the full 

 bloom of summer ere they condescend to make their 

 appearance, but in the earliest, chill months of spring, 

 and even in the dead winter season, the country rambler 

 is sometimes gladdened by its gay flight; and in fact 

 (here is not one winter month that is not occasionally 

 enlivened by this flying flower, when a day of unwonted 

 oiildnc3s and sunshine tempts it from its winter retreat 

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