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same hue on each side of each segment ; two 

 of the longitudinal stripes are dorsal, they are 

 distant on the second and third segments, 

 gradually approach on the fourth and fifth 

 segments, and thence run parallel to the 

 thirteenth ; the other stripes are lateral, and, 

 running completely rouud the margin of all 

 the segments of the body, unite on the second 

 and thirteenth segments ; on the second seg- 

 ment are two short pale longitudinal lines, 

 side by side : the ventral surface, including 

 the legs and claspers, is pale semi-transparent 

 glaucous green, with a vague medio-ventral 

 smoke-coloured stripe, probably due to the 

 presence of food in the alimentary canal. 

 Those caterpillars in my possession were full 

 fed early in June, and changed to CHRYSALIS 

 before the end of the month ; these were 

 smooth and without projections, and were of a 

 pale semi-transparent brown colour; they were 

 unattached either by a belt or by anal hooks, 

 and remained at the bottom of the receptacle 

 in which the caterpillars had been fed until 

 they emerged in the winged state during my 

 absence from home in July. Newman. 



TIME OF APPEARANCE. The egg is to be 

 found during the winter firmly glued to the 

 twigs of blackthorn, the caterpillar on the 

 leaves of the same in May and June, and the 

 butterfly is on the wing in July, August, 

 September, and October. 



LOCALITIES. Mr. Birchall says this species 

 is very common in the lanes and on roadside 

 Ledges in the south and west of Ireland in 

 August, frequenting the flowers of the bramble, 

 and settling the moment the sun is obscured, 

 when it may readily be taken with the fingers; 

 it has not been observed in Ulster or Leinster. 

 Mr. G. F. Mathew observed it at Blarney, 

 near Cork. It has not yet been noticed in 

 the Isle of Man, or in Scotland. In England 

 it is very widely distributed, but still suffi- 

 ciently uncommon to warrant the enumera- 

 tion of a few localities : 



Berkshire. Burghfield, near Reading 

 C. S. Bird. 



Buckinghamshire. Claydon H. H. 



Oambridsreshire. Generally distributed 



throughout the Cambridge district i'/tonuts 

 Broion. 



Cumberland. I have seen one specimen in 

 Barron Wood, near Carlisle J. B. Hodgkin- 

 son. 



Devonshire. Abundant, both as regards 

 number of localities . nd number of specimens; 

 near Exeter J. Hellins ; Bickleigh Vale, 

 near the Cider House ; Bickleigh Bridge ; 

 Shaugh Bridge ; Horrabridge ; Dewerstone 



Geo. C. Bignell ; Whistman's Wood, near 

 Princetown, Dartmoor; Moreton Hampstead; 

 Tavy Vale, near Virtuous Lady Mine ; Cann 

 Wood Meadows; Plym Bridge; Torquay; 

 Buckfastleigh ; Axminster ; Sidmouth J. J. 

 Reading. 



Dorsetshire. Glanville's Wootton, Middle- 

 marshtfiVood, but not very lately J. C. Dale. 



Essex. Very abundant in Epping Forest 

 in the caterpillar state, especially about 

 Loughton and High Beech W. J. Argent. 



Glamorganshire. Scarce Evan John. 



Gloucestershire. Near Gloucester, but 

 scarce Joseph Merrin. 



Hampshire. Near Brockenhurst, but not 

 common in the New Forest G. B. Corbin ; 

 Kimpton, near Andover J. G. Dale. 



Huntingdonshire. Monk's Wood F. Bond. 



Kent. Woods and lanes about Sheldwick 

 H. A. Slowell ; caterpillar once only in the 

 neighbourhood of Eastry W. 0. Hammond ; 

 Darenth Wood and skirts of Birch Wood, 

 always at rest on flowers E. Newman. 



Lancwhire. Not uncommon at Grange 

 J. B. Hotykinson; Silverdale James Murton. 



Lincol/jrhira T. H. Allis. 



Northa * ptonshire. Bare in Barnwell Wold 



Willian Bree ; near Towcester Hamlet 

 Clark. 



Suffolk. Dodnash Wood, not common 

 W. H. Harwood ; Haverhill William Gaze. 



Sussex. Poyning's Wood William Buck- 

 ler ; woods near Henfield W. H. Draper. 



Westmoreland. Witherslack in August 

 and September J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Wight, Isle of. Rare near Ryde Frederick 

 Bond; I saw this insect at Whippingham 

 several years ago, but not lately / I believe il 

 is rare in the island James Pristo. 



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