VADE MECL'M. 19 



DIRECTIONS 



Foil COblECTING AND PunSFIlVlNO 



BUTTERFLIES, CATERPILLARS, & CHRYSALIDES. 



" How varied is the scenery to which the diversion of the 

 Aurelianist introduces him ; he is never out of his way :— 

 whether on hiU or in valley ; on upland or plain ; on the 

 heath or in the forest : still his game is within his reach." 



INTBODUCTIO.V TO ENTOMOLOGY. 



Having, in the foregoing Introductoi-y Remarks, given an 

 accomit of the pecuUarities of Butterflies, their local distri- 

 bution, and favourite haunts, (a knowledge of which is 

 indispensahle to the collector), must now be noticed. Their 

 choice Ls exceedingly varied ; some inhabit the open Fielth, 

 many are to be found in the sheltered Copse, in warm and 

 snnny Lanes, and among thick lleilncs. 



The vicinity and l)()rders of ll^imk generally abound with 

 tliese beantifiil insects, and ftimish, among numerous other 

 prizes of Leimloptera, the beautiful yjpatura Iris, or the 

 Purj)le Emperor. 



Morasses and Marshes have their peculiar insects; and, 

 among others, that scarce and brilliant Butterfly, Lyeatmi 

 Virgaurea, which is to be found only in such soil. Heaths, 

 also, have their rarities, and are the haunts of many of the 



