122 WHITE BUTTERFLIES. 



feeder on umbelliferous plants, chiefly the carrot, wild and 

 cultivated, from whence it has acquired, in France, the name 

 of " Le grand Carottier." Of another genus, with hinder 

 wings, rounded instead of angular, or tailed, is the pretty but- 

 terfly known as the "Clouded Yellow."* In England, how- 

 ever, it is known but partially, appearing only in certain 

 seasons, and then chiefly on the coasts of Kent, Sussex, and 

 Suffolk. As its name imports, the prevailing hue of its wings 

 is yellow, clouded towards their outer edge with black. The 

 caterpillar, green with white lines, is said to feed upon legu- 

 minous plants, though the perfect insect delights chiefly in the 

 flowers of the thistle. 



Coming out with the flowers of May, and almost as abun- 

 dant, are the pale-winged Butterflies, which, like bevies of 

 white-robed damsels, usher in the summer. From whence 

 have they issued forth ? 'Tis almost a pity that, as insect ge- 

 nealogists, we must trace their origin, and confess the most 

 of them to have been 



" Born in a ' cabbage,' in a ' cabbage' bred " 



and that they have come, therefore, from purlieus the walls 

 most likely of the kitchen garden. But what matters it whence 

 they sprang, or whence they came, since they have left behind 

 them, buried in the hearts of kale, or transferred therewith to 



* CoUas edusa. 



