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BIONOMIC NOTES 
careful examination this was found to be due to the fact that 
the right hind-wing was split, and the fore-wing had got 
caught in the cleft, thus preventing complete closure on that 
side. 
August 23rd. Watched Whites in Sandy Lane. When settled 
for rest they look very much like turned-back leaves of 
bramble , near or on which they are fond of settling when 
meaning to remain settled for some time. In bright sun¬ 
shine they often settle on flowers with wings partly or 
entirely spread, but in dull windy weather, like this morning’s, 
they are apt not to fly unless disturbed, and then to settle 
again very soon. I disturbed one G. rapae, J, eight times 
and watched it settle again seven times. Eive times it 
settled on bramble , although there was plenty of other vegeta¬ 
tion. Of the other two settlings, the first was on the head 
of a yarrow, and the second on another low plant close to a 
spray of bramble with recurved leaves, which it closely 
resembled at a little distance. 
August 27th. Saw G. brassicae, <$, settle twice on bramble and 
close up its wings. 
1898. September 7th. Have several times lately, when 
coming up Sandy Lane at dusk, seen G. rapae, settled, 
apparently for the night. Generally on bramble, wings quite 
closed. They will allow themselves to be seized with fingers 
or forceps, but then generally wake, and fly off if let go. 
August 8th. Observed that L. icarus is fairly well protected 
(i.e. concealed) on heads of bramble-blossom when wings are 
closed. 
1904. Highcliff, Hants, August 8th. Watched G. brassicae, 
d, settle down for the night about 7.15 p.m. After much 
fluttering about the stems of tall grasses, it came to rest on 
a head of hawkweed in the pappus condition, and remained 
there with wings hanging downwards and closed over its 
back. 
I now give the notes of my experiences in the New World. 
Barbados, December 18th, 1906. A ? of Callidryas eubule, Linn., 
was seen, when a cloud passed over the sun, to flutter about 
some herbage for a short time, as though looking for some¬ 
thing, and finally to settle on a yellow leaf of the Life Plant, 
Bryophyllum calycinum, Salisb. 
Constant Spring, Jamaica, January 8th, 1907. Two specimens of 
