ORANGE-TIP. 91 



THE ORANGE-TIP BUTTEEFLY. 

 (Euchloe Cardamines.) 



(Plate V. fig. 1, Male; la, Eemale.) 



vernal ramblers in the country, whether entomolo- 

 gical or no, can fail to have noticed, and been charmed 

 by, this merry blossom-like insect, as it gaily nits along 

 by hedge-row and wood-side, parsing anon to taste its 

 own sweet flowers of May, and looking, even when on 

 the wing, so unlike any other of our native butterflies. 

 Truly it is an exquisite and loveable little creature, this 

 Orange-Tip sometimes styled the Wood Lady; but this 

 latter title is somewhat awkward in its application, 

 inasmuch as the " lady " insect is entirely without the 

 characteristic orange adornment, and would hardly be 

 suspected as being the same species with her handsome 

 lord. 



The male Orange-Tip needs no description, for the 

 purpose of recognition, beyond that conveyed by his 

 name ; but as the female is less known, and has been 

 on several occasions mistaken for the rare Bath White 

 (Daplidwe), it will be well to point out her chief dis- 

 tinguishing characters. The difference between the two 

 insects certainly is obvious enough, when the two are 

 seen together, but their written descriptions read rather 

 alike. 



