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bears on the lower side of the wings 

 a band of rich rose-color, which 

 well matches the color of the thistle 

 flowers. 



Tlie Red Admiral. — This is 

 one of our most striking and beau- 

 tiful butterflies. The wings beneath 

 are beautifully mottled and the 

 front wings bear a diagonal band 

 of rich rose-re 1. Its caterpillar is 

 dull yellow, mottled with black, 

 with a yellow stripe along the side ; 

 it has many spines. It feeds upon 

 nettles and hops. 



The Painted Beauty and Cos- 

 mopolite. — These two species re- 

 semble each other very much ; each the red admiral, upper and under 



sides 



has the hind half of the front wing 

 colored rose-pink on the lower 

 side ; on the hind wing of the 

 painted beauty are two eyespots 

 while on the cosmopolite there are 

 five or six smaller ones in a row. 



Expanse, a little less than tivo and one- 

 half inches. Color, purplish blaelc 

 with white spots near the tips of the 

 front wings. Orange-red band across 

 front wings and bordering middle 

 part of hind wings. 



The caterpillar of the 

 painted beauty is vel- 

 vety black with cross 

 lines of yellow and 

 with a row of white 

 spots on each side 

 back of the middle. 

 It has bristly spines ; 

 it feeds upon everlast- 

 ing and allied plants. 

 THE PAINTED BEAUTY, showing undcf side of wings The cosmopolite cat- 



Expanse of wings, about tzco and one-half inches. Color, cpihar IS mottled, 

 orange-red, marked ivith black, tips of front wings greenish-yellow with 

 spotted with white. . black and vellow 



