54 The Butterflies and Moths of Tenerifl'e. 



PYRAMEIS CALLIRHOE, or VULCANIA. 



Plate III.— Fig. 6. 



This is the most common butterfly of the Pyrameis 

 genus found in the Islands. It is similar in colouring 

 to the last described, but it has a much broader red 

 oblique indented stripe on the fore-wings. The white 

 apical markings are not so many or large, and it has no 

 blue spots on the tips of the fore-wings. 



The habits and locality of the caterpillar and chrysalis 

 are so like those of the Atalanta, that description is not 

 needed. 



In rearing many specimens, two butterflies proved 

 to have bright yellow on the hind- wings in place of the 

 red band. Whether they are a distinct variety or not, 

 cannot at present be positively stated.* 



PYRAMEIS CARDUI. 



Plate IL~Fig. 5. 

 This insect, which is the English Painted Lady, 



* See Appendix C. 



