AUGUST 



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Those who wish for eggs of Butterflies, for purposes of preservation, &c., 

 will find many species obtainable this month, while if the opportunity, now 

 presented, be lost, very few will be found in succeeding months of the year. 

 Where the food-plant of the species sought for is abundant, and the Imago 

 is known to frequent the locality, much time may be sometimes saved by 

 collecting conspicuous sprays of the plant into a bag, and looking for the eggs 

 afterwards, at home, with the aid of a magnifying glass. 



L. sinapis, s. ...onVicia, cracca, and T. 

 Orobus tuberosus ; long, stand- ,, 

 ing on end, curved, yellow-white 



P. Brassicse on cabbage, &c. ; in L. 



groups ; conical, ridged, yellow 

 rapae onCruciferae, migno- 

 nette, and other garden plants 



napi on Cruciferae 



Daplidice on wild mignonette, 



and weld 



C. Edusa, s on white clover, 



lucerne, &c. 



A. Aglaia on dog, and sweet 



violet, and wild heartsease 



Niobe on dog, and sweet 



violet H 



adippe on dog, and sweet 



violet L. 



, , Latona on violet, and hearts - 



ease 



E.Medea on moorland poa, 



and other grasses ; large, nearly 

 globular, at first greenish-yellow, 

 afterwards pinkish-grey, speck- 

 led with claret-brown 

 S. Semele, b. ...on Triticum repens 



T. quercus on oak twigs B. 



w-album on wytch elm, also 



elm j on the twigs ; whitish 



pruni on sloe twigs 



betulae to Mar., on twigs ol 



sloe 

 jEgon on Ornithopus per- 



pusillus ; white. Do not hatch 



until about March 

 agestis on Erodium circu- 



tarium 

 Alexis on Lotus cornicu- 



latus 

 Corydon on Hippocrepis co- 



mosa ; on chalk, and sandstone 



downs, and hills 

 argiolus on ivy ; on the fl. - 



stalks ; white 

 .comma to Mar., on trefoil, 



and other Leguminosae 

 salicis on poplar, willow, 



&c. ; covered with white 



down 

 dispar on the trunks of 



sloe, hawthorn, and various 



fruit trees ; in a conical heap, 



covered with down 

 monacha to Mar. , on oak, 



beech, fir, birch, apple, &c. 

 neustria on hawthorn, sloe, 



fruit trees ; in batches, round 



twigs, and branches 



