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THE ORANGE TIP BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Cardamines.—Bnitatn. 
PLATE XVI. 
Papilio Cardamines, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii.261, No. 85.—Wilk’s 
Pap. ii. p. 50, tab. a, 5.—Pontia Cardamines, Latreille. 
THE wings are rounded, white ; with the edges 
very slightly scalloped; posterior margin black, with 
a row of white spots near the edge ; within the black 
edge is a large patch of orange, having a black spot 
in the middle ; under side of the wings marbled with 
green ; the under wings are white, marbled with 
gray, and an interrupted black border on their outer 
margin ; the body is white, with an oval black mark 
on the back, and triangular black patches on the 
segments of the abdomen ; the eyes are green, and 
beneath each there is a small circular spot of red. 
The female has no orange tip to the wings. The 
specimen from which our figure is taken was foreign, 
and is nearly double the size of those found in 
Britain. 
This pretty butterfly is also called the Lady of the 
Woods, and may be taken in great abundance in the 
month of May. The caterpillar is common in May 
and June; is of a deep reddish brown colour, with 
a white stripe above the legs, and feeds on shepherd’s 
