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THE ORANGE TIP BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Cardamines. BRITAIN. 

 PLATE XVI. 



Papilio Cardamines, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. 261, n. 85. Wilks" 

 Pap. ii. p. 50, tab. a, 5. Pontia Cardamines, Latreille. 



THE wings are rounded, white ; with the edges 

 very slightly scalloped ; posterior margin, black, with 

 a row of white spots near the edge ; within the black 

 edge is a large patch of orange, having a black spot 

 in the middle ; under side of the wings, marbled with 

 green ; the under wings are white, marbled with 

 grey, and an interrupted black border on their outer 

 margin ; the body is white, with an oval black mark 

 on the back, and triangular black patches on the 

 segments of the abdomen ; the eyes are green, and 

 beneath each a small circular spot of red. 



The female has no orange tip to the wings. The 

 specimen from which our figure is taken was foreign, 

 and is nearly double the size of those found in Britain. 



This pretty butterfly is also called the Lady of the 

 Woods, and may be taken in great abundance in the 

 month of May. The caterpillar is common in May 

 and June ; is of a deep reddish brown colour, and 



