TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



EPPING FOEEST AND COUNTY OF ESSEX 

 NATUKALISTS' FIELD CLUB. 



I. — Is Vanessa Polychloros the prototype of V. Urticm? 

 A Query suggested by the Aberrant Form of a speci- 

 men OF V. UrticcB OF PMychloros type. 



By William White. 



[Bead February 26th, 1881.] 



The caterpillar of the Vanessa exhibited was taken at 

 Highgate-Hill in 1879, included in the larval ''web" 

 of a community of UrticcE, and was reared throughout its 

 existence with the rest of the brood entirely upon nettle 

 {Urtica). During the larval stage there was nothing notice- 



able in its appearance to distinguish it in any way from 

 its companions. In the chrysalis form it bore the specific 

 characters of Urtica^ as regards its angular projections and 

 general contour, but the colours were somewhat richer in 



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