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THE INSECT WORLD. 



gT-een, with a lateral white stripe, and rather bristly. It feeds or 

 honeysuckle. The pupa is angular, of greenish colour, with golder 



spots. 



The Limenitis Camilla (Fig. 167), of which the black on the ^ving: 

 is shot ^\ith blue, is not found in England. 



In the month of July the Apahira ilia (Fig. 168) and the Purpl 

 Emperor {Apaiura iris), sylvan insects of strong flight, whose wing 

 are beautifully shot with violet blue when examined in certain lights - 



cT^r^r 



Fig. 168. — Apatura ilia. 



the latter resembling Ilia, but wanting the eye-like spots on the frc 

 \^dngs— are met with. Iris only is found in this country. Bo| 

 species occur in the environs of Paris. 



The Char axes jasius (Fig. 169) which is found along the wholelj 

 the Mediterranean coast, has its lower wings terminated in two poinii 

 whence the peasants call this butterfly the Pacha 7vith tiuo tails. T j 

 upper part_ of its wings is of a brown colour of changing hues. T 'j 

 hind margin of the fore wings has along it a tawny band with a fi | 

 black hne running round. The hind wings have their hinder marf» 

 black, and garnished with a Httle white frinore. The two tails 



black, and the groove of the inner mar 



ofUl is 



of an ashy grey. 1' 



