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in Westmoreland by that distinguished artist, T 

 Stothard, E.A. ; then for several years no more were 

 taken, and the very existence of the butterfly in. 

 Britain was questioned. Since that time, however,' its 

 peculiar haunts among the mountains of Cumberland 

 and "Westmoreland have been rediscovered, and great 

 numbers have been captured by various collectors. It 

 is only found in very elevated situations, flying about 

 the moist, springy spots that abound on these mountain 

 sides, and in many spots the insect is very plentiful, 

 within a limited range. 



Mr. Curtis says, " They only fly when the sun shines, 

 and their flight is neither swift nor continued, for they 

 frequently alight among the grass, and falling down to 

 the roots, their sombre colour perfectly conceals them." 



The following notice of their locality, &c. from per- 

 sonal observation, is quoted from a communication to 

 the Intelligencer, by a well-known entomologist, Mr. E. 

 S. Edleston, of Manchester. He says : 



"I and my friend, Mr. Hugh Harrison, in the 

 middle of June made the ascent to Sty Head Tarn ; for 

 the first time in my experience, the weather was every- 

 thing we could desire calm and sunshine ; this, com- 

 bined with the dry season of last year and the long 

 drought for months during this, enabled us to collect on 

 ground in other years a dangerous morass. The result 

 was, we captured Cassiope in abundance, some of them 

 in superb condition, just emerged from the chrysalis. 

 A very short time on the wing suffices to injure them. 

 They vary considerably in the development of the 

 black spots on the fulvous patch, almost obsolete in 

 some through all gradations to the fullest development; 

 the patch varies in like manner, and also in form ; 

 lastly, they vary in size." 



The caterpillar is yet unknoum. 



The butterfly has the wings above of a dark brown 

 colour. Each wing bears near its extremity a bar of 

 deep but dull red, divided into sections where the 

 brown veins cross. In each section is usually a black 



