8 CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES. 
Tue Hien Brown (A. Adippe, Leacn) appears the end of 
June and beginning of July. Wings two inches anda half to 
three-quarters ; orange tawny, spotted with black; second pair 
underneath yellowish red, with many silvery spots, and a streak 
of three or four red eye-like spots, having a silvery pupil, which 
vary much. Caterpillar, brownish, with a whitish stripe on the 
back, edged with black dots, feeds on the dog’s violet and 
hearts’ ease. Chrysalis reddish, with silver spots. South of 
England, Suffolk, Essex, Devon, woods near Reading. 
Tae DARK Green (A. Aglaia, Leacn) appears the beginning 
of July and August. Wings two inches one third to five-sixths; 
orange tawny, spotted with black ; second pair underneath 
greenish yellow, with twenty-one silver spots. Caterpillar dusky, 
with a yellow line on the back, and a row of eight square spots 
on each side ; it feeds on the dog’s violet, Chrysalis brownish 
red. Rather uncommon. Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Devon, Berks. 
A. Charlotta, (SoweRsy), is only a variety of A. Aglaia. 
THE Sirver Streak (A. Paphia, LeAcn) appears the begin- 
ning of July. Wings two inches two-thirds to three inches ; 
tawny, spotted with black; second pair greenish underneath, 
with four narrow silvery bands. Caterpillar, solitary, brownish, 
with a yellow line down the back, feeds on the dog’s violet, 
raspberry, and nettle. Chrysalis greyish, with yellow points. 
Rather uncommon. Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Devon, Berks, Penge 
Common. 
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B. SWIFTS, 
COMMA (Rennir). 
Palpi thickly clothed with scales and a few short hairs; an- 
tenna@ with the clubbed tips abrupt; fore /egs short and very 
hairy; upper wings narrow, with irregularly waved edges ; 
under wings with indentations and a short tail, 
Tue Comma (Comma C. album, Rennie) appears the end 
of June and middle of September. Wings one inch three- 
quarters to two inches one twelfth; above dark orange, spotted 
with black and brown; second pair underneath marked with a 
reversed and snowy white C. Caterpillar, brownish red, with 
the fore-part of the back yellow, and the other white, feeds 
on hop, willow, elm, gooseberry, currant, nettle, hazle, and 
honeysuckle. Chrysalis flesh-coloured, with a contraction in the 
middle, and spotted with gold, Rather uncommon, York and 
South of England, Suffolk, Herts, Penge Common, on poppies. 
Pe _. VANESSA (Famrictvs). 
Palpi hairy, with a few scales intermixed, more than twice 
the length of the head, projecting obliquely, the tips beaked, 
with three joints, the first short and curved, the second long, 
