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sprinkled with whitish hairs, and with a reddish yellow 

 stripe running along each side. It feeds on various 

 fruit trees, and is believed to be very destructive. 



RHODOCERA CLEOBULE. 



Plate I. — Fig. 3. 



This finely-coloured and beautiful butterfly resembles 

 the English Brimstone, but is quite a distinct variety, 

 being of squarer form and having no decided point at the 

 angle of the hind- wings. It is peculiar to the Islands. 

 The male is a most brilliant sulphur yellow, the fore- 

 wings being of a deeper shade than the hind ones. The 

 hind-wings have a deep orange spot about the centre. 

 The female differs from the male in being of a much 

 paler shade of yellow, with quite a tinge of green all over 

 it; it also has a small orange spot on the fore-wings in 

 addition to that on the hind-wings. Both wings have 

 red markings round them on the outer edge, which form 

 an almost interrupted fine line of colour. The under- 

 side resembles the upper, but is paler. The antenn99 * 

 are short and thick, with a reddish tinge, which becomes 

 deeper at the knob. 



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