The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 409
thus described by Mr. Stephens:—Anterior wingsyellow, clouded with fulvous, and obscurely reticulated with thesame; with four slightly curved nearly equidistant streaks ofsilvery dots; the first abbreviated and near the base, the secondbefore the middle, the next rather behind, extending… … and gardens, by the sides of woods, &c., throughout the metro-politan district, and in most parts of England at the end ofJuly and beginning of August. This is one of the smallest and most splendid species of thefamily to which it belongs. Great care is, however, required inobtaining specimens…
