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INSECTS ABROAD. 



red. The under surface, although not so gaily coloured as the 

 upper, is still very beautiful. The upper wings are white at the 

 base and pale chestnut at the tip, the two colours merging gradu- 

 ally into each other. The lower wings are creamy white, covered 

 with multitudinous wavy pencillings of pale brown, each looking 

 as if executed with the finest possible crowquill pen. 



The genus Teracolas is remarkable for the beauty of colouring 

 displayed by the different species, and the exceeding boldness of 



Fig. 324.— Teracolas Ions. 

 (White and magenta.) 



the marking. As for the present species, it is fortunate that in 

 late years the dye called "Magenta" has been invented, for, 

 before that celebrated battle l^ad been fought, and the dye dis- 

 covered, it would have been a task of no small difficulty to 

 describe this beautiful insect. 



The upper surface of the male is white, just like that of our 

 White Butterflies, and the upper wings have on the outer edge 

 a bar of the deepest black, narrowest at the anal angle, and 

 widening at the tip to one-third the breadth of the wing. In 



