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enclosing the greenish spiracles ; from this a 

 strong pink line branches off, bordering the 

 outer edge of each wing-case ; and the wing- 

 rays themselves are delicately outlined in pink. 

 I received some eggs on August 2nd, and again 

 on September 1st. The caterpillars appeared 

 respectively on August 8th and September 

 Gth ; full fed on September 26th and November 

 8th ; in chrysalis September 29th and Novem- 

 ber 8th. The food chosen was either the 

 tufted vetch (Vicia cracca), or the tuberous- 

 rooted bitter vetch (Orobus ttiberosus), but 

 not both. Hellins. 



TIME OP APPEARANCE. May and August. 



LOCALITIES. It is to be seen languidly 

 flying along the roadways and pathways in 

 woods, rarely entering the umbrageous shelter 

 of a wood, and as rarely venturing into open 

 country. I have never seen it settled, and 

 one of our oldest entomological authorities 

 has made the same observation. At Darent 

 Wood, in Kent, I have often watched its 

 characteristic flight : one specimen will make 

 its appearance, approach as it were on wearied 

 wing, and if unmolested, pass by and go on 

 out of sight ; in a few minutes another will 

 appear at the same spot, will follow the exact 

 course of the first, and press onward in the 

 same direction, and so on during the whole 

 of a summer's morning, each seemingly bent 

 on the performance of some inexorable duty, 

 in which, however, dispatch or hurry was 

 totally out of the question. In Ireland it 

 seems very irregularly distributed. Mr. Bir- 

 chall says it is abundant near Gal way and at 

 Killarney, but has not been noticed in Ulster 

 >r Leinster. The Hon. Emily Lawless says it 

 is not uncommon at Florens in the county 

 Galway, and that it has also been taken at 

 Dunsandle and other places in the neighbour- 

 hood of Athenry. It has not been recorded as 

 occurring in the Isle of Man or in Scotland. 

 In England and Wales it is of frequent, and 

 sometimes of abundant, occurrence. 



Berkshire. At Burghfield, near Heading 

 C. & Bird. 



Cornwall. Launceston< W. H. Hayward. 



Cumberland. Very rare ; only occasional 

 have been taken at Barren Wood 



and Newbiggin Wood. I have heard that it 

 is more frequent about Ullswater in the Lake 

 District J. B. Hodgkinson. 



Devonshire. Plym-bridge, Shaugh-bridge, 

 Berry Pomeroy, Torquay, Exeter, Axminster, 

 Chudleigh, Buckfastleigh J. J. Reading. 

 This elegant butterfly has been extremely 

 abundant during the latter part of last montli 

 (May), and up to the present time (June 13), 

 in the neighbourhood of Ipplepen, South 

 Devon. It does not appear to be confined to 

 any particular locality, or to its usual resort 

 of woods, being generally distributed, and 

 occurring in almost every lane and hedge-row 

 in this neighbourhood F. Wilkinson, in 

 "Entomologist," vol. v., p. 114. 



Dorsetshire. Glanville's Wootton, Parley, 

 Lulworth J. C. Dale. 



Essex. Single specimens have been re- 

 corded from several localities. 



Glamorganshire. One specimen at Llan- 

 trissant Evan John. 



Gloucestershire. Rather scarce in the 

 paths in woods, in lanes, <fec., in Alderley 

 Down Woods V. R. Perkins; Dursley and 

 Grange Court Joseph Merrin. 



Hampshire. New Forest, <fea, &c. 



Herefordshire. One specimen at Grants- 

 field near Leominster Mrs. ffutchinson , 

 Briaily Wood, Eton Wood E. Newman. 



Huntingdonshire. Monk's Wood F. 

 Bond. 



Kent. Blean Wood H. A. StowM; I 

 have occasionally taken it near Sturry and 

 near Tunbridge Wells W. 0. Hammond; 

 formerly very common in Darent and Birch 

 Woods E. Newman. 



Lancashire. Abundant at Grange J. B. 

 Hodgkinson ; common in the county on the 

 north side of Morecambe Bay T. H. Allis ; 

 Silverdale James Murton. 



Monmouthshire. Scarce, and only taken 

 in St. Julian's Wood George Lock. 



Northamptonshire. Peterborough, F. 

 Bond ; near Towcester Hamlet Clark; 

 Barn well Wold in May, but not common 

 William Bree. 



Nottinghamshire. A single specimen has 

 been taken at Newark George Gascoyne. 



