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very pink, or, as he has been more properly considered, 

 the very primrose of Papillons, sometimes to be seen like 

 a living shadow of the primrose's self, fluttering beside it 

 in the sunny hedge-row, or the sheltered copse. We may 

 know him by the cut of his bright, sulphur-colored pin- 

 ions each, instead of being rounded, ending in a smooth 

 tail-like angle. 



" Of all the wings of the butterflies, these bear perhaps 

 the closest similitude to floral productions, and on each, 

 as if to perfect the resemblance of the delicate, flower-like 

 coloring, is a reddish spot, an exact copy of that often 

 produced by decay or accident on the surface of a yellow 

 petal. In the beautiful raised bearing of their reverse, 

 the pinions of the " Brimstone " are no less correspondent 

 with the same ; but those of the female, which, instead of 

 yellow, are of a greenish white, resemble perhaps yet 

 more nearly, the leaf of a poplar on its under side. The 

 dye of the antennae that purplish pink so frequent upon 

 tender leaf and flower-stems also the clothing of the 

 body, a soft satin down like that by which stalks and seed 

 pods are so often covered, are all alike accordant with the 

 floral character of this most elegant flutterer of the 

 spring. This pretty butterfly comes of a pretty caterpil- 

 lar, with a smooth green coat, dotted or shagreened with 

 black, and marked by a whitish line along the baek and 

 sides. It is said to feed usually on the leaves of the 

 hawthorn and alder." Acheta Domestica. 



NOTE K. 



FURZE, (Ulex Europceus,) p. 77. 



The Furze, Gorse or Whin, is a low, shrubby plant, 

 common in barren soils throughout western Europe, and 

 belonging to the natural order leguminoses. The yellow 



