BUTTERFLY. 
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black, with numerous white spots, and black 
ramified spines: it feeds principally on the Nettle, 
changing to chrysalis in July, and the fly appear- 
ing in August. 
P. Jurtina is a species equally common', though 
far less beautiful. It is chiefly observed in mea- 
dows, and is of a brown colour, the upper wings 
having a much brighter or orange-ferruginous bar 
towards the tips, with a small, black, eye-shaped 
spot with a white centre : on the opposite or 
under side of the insect the same distribution of 
colours takes place. 
Of the Nymphales Phalerati few can surpass the 
common English species called P. Atalanta or the 
Admirable Butterfly: it is of the most intense 
velvet-black colour, with a rich carmine-coloured 
bar across the upper wings, which are spotted 
towards the tips with white; while the lower wings 
are black, with a deep border of carmine-colour 
marked by a row of small black spots: the under 
surface of the wings also presents a most beautiful 
mixture of colours; the caterpillar is brown and 
spiny, feeds on Nettles, and changes into a chry- 
salis in July, the Fly appearing in August. 
P. Paphia is a highly elegant insect, of a fine 
orange-chesnut colour above, with numerous black 
spots and bars: beneath greenish, with narrow 
silvery undulations on the lower wings and black 
spots on the upper. It proceeds from a yellowish 
brown spiny caterpillar, living principally on 
nettles. This insect is generally found in the 
neighbourhood of woods. 
