The caterpillar is greyish-red, and has a double dark line on either side; it feeds on various Vetches and Trefoils. The butterfly is out in July and August.

The Checkered Skipper (Carterocephalus Palæmon), [Plate XIII.], Fig. 13.—The upper side of this butterfly is speckled and bordered with tawny-orange spots on a dark brown ground. The under side has a lighter ground colour, and the spots are outlined with dark brown.

The caterpillar is dark, almost black, with a yellow line on the sides, and, as it hibernates over the winter, may be looked for in the spring. It feeds on grasses and Plantain.

This is a very local species, and I am afraid, to judge from reports, becoming rarer. The south and south-eastern counties are the favoured localities.

The Milkweed Butterfly (Danais Erippus; variety, Archippus), [Plate VIII.], Fig. 3.—This is an American species, but an occasional visitor to our shores, and, as it is a strong-flying species with the bump of adventure abnormally developed, it is now met with in many lands where it was at one time unknown. I have large fine specimens from Canada, so it can stand the rigours of the Canadian winter; and if it should find a suitable food-plant for the caterpillars here, we may hope, in the near future, to add this fine butterfly to the select little band of British butterflies.

INDEX

  1. British Butterflies described, [29]
  2. Butterflies, antennæ of, [1], [10]
  3. capture and preservation, [13]
  4. eyes of, [11]
  5. how to kill, [16]
  6. list of British, [27]
  7. sense and smell, [10]
  8. sight, [10]
  9. tongues of, [12]
  10. Butterfly net, [14]
  11. Collection, storing of, [25]
  12. Drying-case, [22]
  13. Entomological pins, [17]
  14. Families of Butterflies.
  15. Apaturidæ, [28]
  16. Erycinidæ, [29]
  17. Hesperidæ, [29]
  18. Lycenidæ, [28]
  19. Nymphalidæ, [27]
  20. Papilionidæ, [27]
  21. Pieridæ, [27]
  22. Satyridæ, [28]
  23. “Grease,” treatment of, [17]
  24. Ichneumons, [5]
  25. Larvae, preservation of, [22]
  26. Lepidoptera, [1]
  27. Life-story of Butterflies, [1]
  28. Pins, entomological, [17]
  29. Scales, [9]
  30. Setting boards, [18]
  31. bristle, [18]
  32. needle, [19]
  33. Paisley method, [20]
  34. with braces, [18]
  35. Species of Butterflies:
  36. Blue, Adonis, [79]
  37. Azure, [80]
  38. Chalkhill, [80]
  39. Clifden, [79]
  40. Common, [78]
  41. Holly, [80]
  42. Large, [82]
  43. Little, [81]
  44. Long-tailed, [76]
  45. Mazarine, [81]
  46. Silver-studded, [76]
  47. Brimstone, [41]
  48. Brown Argus, [77]
  49. Camberwell Beauty, [55]
  50. Clouded Yellow, [39]
  51. Pale, [38]
  52. Comma, [51]
  53. Copper, Large, [74]
  54. Small, [75]
  55. Fritillary, Duke of Burgundy, [82]
  56. Dark Green, [44]
  57. Glanville, [49]
  58. Greasy, [48]
  59. Heath, [51]
  60. High Brown, [46]
  61. Pearl-bordered, [43]
  62. Queen of Spain, [44]
  63. Silver-washed, [47]
  64. Small Pearl-bordered, [42]
  65. Grayling, [65]
  66. Hairstreak, Black, [72]
  67. Brown, [71]
  68. Green, [73]
  69. Purple, [72]
  70. White-letter, [71]
  71. Meadow Brown, [67]
  72. Small, [67]
  73. Milkweed, [87]
  74. Orange-tip, [37]
  75. Painted Lady, [58]
  76. Peacock, [55]
  77. Purple Emperor, [59]
  78. Red Admiral, [56]
  79. Ringlet, [68]
  80. Marsh, [69]
  81. Mountain, [62]
  82. Scotch Argus, [62]
  83. Skipper, Checkered, [87]
  84. Dingy, [84]
  85. Grizzled, [83]
  86. Large, [86]
  87. Lulworth, [85]
  88. New Small, [85]
  89. Pearl, [86]
  90. Small, [84]
  91. Small Heath, [70]
  92. Speckled Wood, [64]
  93. Swallow Tail, [29]
  94. Tortoiseshell, Large, [52]
  95. Small, [53]
  96. Wall Brown, [65]
  97. White Admiral, [59]
  98. Bath, [36]
  99. Black-veined, [32]
  100. Green-veined, [35]
  101. Large Garden, [33]
  102. Marbled, [61]
  103. Small Garden, [34]
  104. Wood, [38]

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