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GENUS I. BUTTERFLIES. 



SEC. IV. S P. XXXV. ORANGE TIP. 

 PI. 30. 



Cardamines. Linnaeus. 

 Wood Lady. Harris. 



I have bred thefe elegant little butterflies from caterpillars taken off the 

 green cole plants in my garden. They fed freely on the leaves of the cole when 

 in confinement, and were at their full growth in July : fee fig. 1. They pre- 

 pared themfelves for their metamorphofis by fixing the tail with a ftrong web, 

 with the addition of a band round the middle of the body, and the chryfalides 

 appeared in a day's time. They were of a Angular form, as at fig. 5. In this 

 ltate they remained through the winter, and the flies were bred the firft week 

 in May. 



The male is fo very different from the female, that a perfon muft be well 

 acquainted with them to fuppofe them to be the fame fpecies. The male has 

 bright orange coloured tips to the upper wings : fee fig. 1. The female is 

 reprefented flying at fig. 3 ; and the under fide at fig. 4. Thefe butterflies are 

 to be met with in the month of May, flying in woods, and lanes near woods ; 

 and may be readily taken, as they fly near the ground, and frequently fettle to 

 feed on the bloffoms of various plants. 



