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BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. 



night. I have repeatedly taken it in October 

 at the sugar prepared for Noctuse in the 

 gardeu at Leominster, and Dr. Jordan has 

 recorded, ia the 42nd number of the " Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine," an instance of 

 its coming to light. 



LOCALITIES. It occurs everywhere in Eng- 

 land more or less commonly. Mr. Birchall 



says it is common everywhere in Ireland. It. 

 occurs in every list I have received from Scot- 

 land, generally without comment on its abun- 

 dance or rarity. Dr. Buchanan White says it 

 is sometimes not uncommon in Perthshire, but 

 it is variable in the periods of its appe trance, 

 one year being abundant and another year 

 very rare. 



17. Painted Lady (Pyrameis Cardui). 



17. PAINTED LADY. The hind margin of 

 the fore wings is scarcely if at all angled, but, 

 as well as those of the hind wings, decidedly 

 scalloped ; the fore wings are variegated with 

 black and pale red ; the tip is black, with five 

 snowy-white spots of various size and shape : 

 the middle of the wing is red with black 

 blotches ; and the base of the wing is beauti- 

 fully powdered with scales of an orangecolour, 

 which glitter like mother-of-pearl ; the hind 

 wings are much the same colour as the fore 

 wings, but without the white spots at the tip, 

 p.nd having three rows of black spots parallel 



VM. I. 



with the hind margin ; the spots in the inner 

 row are round ; in the middle row long and 

 narrow, andin themarginal row rather lozenge- 

 shaped ; the under side is very beautifully 

 varied, but does not equal that of its congener 

 the Red Admiral. 



Var. 1. In this variety all the usual mark- 

 ings are absent or completely altered in form. 

 The specimen figured is in Mr. Ingall's col- 

 lection. 



LIFE HISTORY. The EGG is laid singly on 

 the field thistle (Carduus arvensis], generally 

 towai'ds the end of June, and generally also. 



