52 The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe. 



just out of reach of tlie net, and this liveliness often 

 necessitates a long walk after a specimen. The antennsB 

 are furnished with a round thick nob at the end. There 

 is no very marked difference in the male and female. 



PYRAMEIS ATALANTA. 



Plate III. — Fig. 7. 



This richly- coloured butterfly, known in England as 

 the Eed Admiral, is very rare in the Canary Islands. 

 The ground-colour of the upper surface of the fore- 

 wings is a velvety black, shading off to brown at the 

 base. A bright red oblique band crosses the wings, 

 and four large oblong white spots, with four or five 

 smaller ones, are grouped on the apex. These again 

 are bordered by several faint blue spots, quite at the tip. 

 The hind-wings are blackish brown, with a broad red 

 margin, in which are four black dots, and some blue 

 spots are marked on the lower angle of the wings. On 

 the underside the fore-wings are black, with several 

 steely blue lines, the red band across the centre being 

 clearly defined. The apex of the wings is brownish 



