E U R Y M U S Europome. 

 The Clouded Stdphur. 



Generic Character. See PI. 60. 



Specific Character. 

 See Stevens. III. of Brit. Ent. 1. p. 10. and Haw. Lcp. Brit. 13. 

 Papilio Europome. Haworth Lcp. Brit. p. 13. T^o. 12. 

 Colias Europome. Stev.pl. l.*^ Jig. 1. male. 2. 3. female. Sysi. 



Cat. 52^7. 



In Mits. Nost. 



Much interest has recently been excited among British 

 entomologists regarding this butterfly. Some are of opi- 

 nion that it is not a native of Britain, while others, with a 

 strong shew of reason, contend that it is truly indiginous. 

 The specimens in the British collection formed by our 

 lamented parent, and now in our possession, having been 

 alluded to by both parties, we have been induced to repre- 

 sent them, and to throw some light upon their history. 



So anxiously did our honored father preserve his cabinet, 

 free from exotic specimens, that knowingly, he never 

 admitted one, even as a temporary substitute for a native 

 example. Yet living, in his early days, in constant inter- 

 course with the famous Dutchess of Portland, Dr. Lightfoot, 

 and Mr. Lewin, he received, from these sources, some few 

 insects, which were placed in his cabinet, under the assur- 

 ance that they were British. Among these are Pap. Poda- 

 liriiis, Daplidice, and the two specimens of the alleged 

 Europome here figured : the latter being mistaken, and 

 intermixed, with three examples of the true Hyale. On 

 the other hand, it is incumbent upon us to say, that both 

 these have been mended, before coming into our father's 

 possession, by the heads and antennai of Gonepteryx 

 Rhamni ! We must also state, that upon closely com- 

 paring them with a series of E. Philodice, we have failed 

 to discover what appears to us a true specific distinction. 

 The same unsuccess has attended our efforts to detach 

 Chrysotheme from Edusa, of which latter we possess 

 specimens from Germany, Genoa, Sicily, Greece, Africa, 

 and several others unlabelled, all varying more or less 

 from each other, and from British examples. 



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