CONTENTS 
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Introduction . . . • • • • n 
Classification ........ 14 
Aberration and Protective Resemblance ... 19 
Migration of Butterflies.23 
Hints on Collecting.26 
Rearing Butterflies from the Egg .... 30 
Food Plants of the Larvae of the British Butterflies 32 
FAMILY DANAIDAE 
The Milkweed Butterfly ...... 35 
FAMILY SATYRIDAE 
The Speckled Wood Butterfly.42 
The Wall Butterfly.46 
The Small Mountain Ringlet.51 
The Scotch Argus 54 
The Marbled White.58 
The Grayling.63 
The Hedge Brown.68 
The Meadow Brown.72 
The Small Heath.77 
The Large Heath.82 
The Ringlet ..86 
FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE 
The Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary ... 90 
The Pearl-bordered Fritillary.93 
The Queen of Spain Fritillary ..... 98 
The Dark Green Fritillary.103 
The High Brown Fritillary ..... 108 
The Silver-washed Fritillary.113 
The Marsh Fritillary . • .119 
The Glanville Fritillary ...... 124 
The Heath Fritillary ..... 130 
The Red Admiral ..134 
The Painted Lady . 140 
The Small Tortoiseshell ...... 148 
The Large Tortoiseshell ..... 154 
The Camberwell Beauty ...... 162 
The Peacock ......... 169 
The Comma. ......... 174 
The Purple Emperor- ....... 179 
The White Admiral ....... 187 
