CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES. 15 
female with a patch of orange brown on the upper wings. Ca- 
terpillar, green, with oblique yellow stripes on the sides, and two 
on the back ; feeds on birch, blackthorn, and plumb. Chrysalis 
reddish brown, with paler streaks. Near London, Suffolk, in 
Berkshire, Dorsetshire, and Devonshire, 
Tue PLumB HArr Streak (7. Pruni, Curtis) appears the end 
of June. Wings one inch five-twelfths ; above brownish black; 
upper wings with an oblong spot near the upper edge; the un- 
der wings with three or more crescent-shaped scarlet spots, with 
a small bluish one at the posterior angle, underneath brownish 
orange ; upper wings with a bluish silvery cross line near the 
edge, where are several indistinct scarlet spots, each with a 
black spot and silvery edge; under wings with an interrupted 
silvery line across the middle, forming a blunt W near the abdo- 
men; border (/imbria) with a black spot between each nervure, 
terminated at the base of the fringe by a silvery line ; the inner 
margin of the border with six or seven black spots half edged 
hae ; tails of the wings diverging outwards. Hunting- 
donshire. 
Tar Brack Hare Srreax (T. W. album, SrernEns) appears 
in July. Wings one inch and a half to one inch seven-twelfths ; 
above deep black or brown, and spotless ; beneath paler, particu. 
larly in the female; upper wings with a somewhat waved, white 
cross streak, nearly straight in the male; under wings with a 
similar streak zig-zagged in form of a W, and beyond it a deep 
orange waved marginal band, spotted on the outside, and edged 
with black on the inside; the tails of the wings parallel (longest 
in the female), black tipped with white : the antennz black with 
white rings and an orange tip. Caterpillar, dusky green, with 
whitish lines on the sides, and indentations on the back, feeds 
on blackthorn and Spirza frutex. Chrysalis dusky brown, with 
- tutte head, Not common, Suffolk, Surrey, Essex, Kent, 
indsor, 
_ Tae Bracwruorn Harr StReAK (T. Spini, SvEPHENS) appears 
in July. Wings one inch one-third ; above brown, with several 
reddish spots at the hinder tip; under wings with the tip of the 
tail white; beneath ash.coloured, with a white streak and several 
tawny crescents dotted with black, and a bluish spot at the pos- 
terior angle, Caterpillar, green or reddish green, with yellow 
lines on the back, and the head black, feeds on blackthorn. 
Chrysalis brown, beneath ash-coloured, Rare. Norfolk. 
Tar PurrLe Hair STREAK (T. Quercus, LEacn) appears the 
middle of July and August. Wings one inch one fourth to one- 
half; above blackish, witha blue dise ; underneath ash-coloured, 
with a waved white streak, and a tawny twin.spot at the pos- 
terior angle, Male larger without gloss ; female all black with 
&purple gloss. Caterpillur, fleshy brown, with three rows of 
Breen dots, feeds on the oak. Chrysalis rast-brown, with 
ree rows of brown dots on the back. Not uncommon through- 
out the south, and in some parts of the north of Britain, Essex, 
Middlesex, Kent, Devon, Huntingdonshire, 
