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During the summer, we have the tortoise-shell 

 butterfly (Vanessa urticee) unfolding his variegated 



Tortoise-shell Bufterfly, just emerged from the Chrysalis. 



wings on every sunny ditch along the road-side. 

 With the fruits of autumn, we have the admiral 

 butterfly ( Fawessa Atalanta), occasionally plentiful in 

 September, and even enjoying the gleams of sun- 

 shine which give a waning lustre to October. But 

 all these added together would scarcely amount to 

 twenty difi^erent species — a number small indeed, 

 compared with what some other parts of Britain 

 aiFord. 



One which is extremely common in England, is 

 here totally wanting. I allude to that wliich exhibits 

 in its decorations the splendid eyes which adorn the 

 tail of the peacock, and whose velvet colouring is so 



