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touching the costal margin midway between the row and the reddish 
oblique stripe. In each reddish area of the hind wings is centrally 
located a row of small black spots. An angular purple area occurs 
at each anal angle. The ventral surface is beautifully marked and 
marbled with many colors. The reddish stripe so conspicuous 
across the upper sides of the front wings shows even more brilliantly 
beneath. All of the white spots also show on the under side. The 
marbled effect is made up of dark-gray, bright-blue, purple and 
black. A row of five eye-spots shows distinctly on each hind wing, 
which do not contrast greatly with the dark background. The body 
has a bluish or purplish iridescence above and is thickly covered with 
light-brown hairs beneath. The antennal joints are alternately 
white and black, the knobs being black with yellow tips. The palpi 
and legs are dark above and light-brown beneath. 
Like the other species, this insect appears to breed almost con- 
tinuously throughout the year in California, so that it is very diff- 
cult to mark the number of broods. In the high altitudes there are 
probably but two generations, as in the Eastern states. 
The caterpillars feed on hops, nettle, false nettle and pellitory. 
THE PAINTED BEAUTY OR HUNTER’S BUTTERFLY 
Vanessa huntera (Fabricius) 
Papilio huntera Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 499, 1775. 
Pyrameis huntera Doubl.-Hewits., Gen. Dirun. Lep., p. 205, 
1850. 
(Fie. 2.) 
This species is not as abundant in California as the others, and 
is to some extent a mountain flyer, especially in the southern part of 
the state, but it is not a rare species throughout California. It 
ranges from Nova Scotia on the north to Central America on the 
south, and may be truly called a North American species, being one 
of the two species in California which are confined to this hem- 
isphere. 
The young caterpillars are dull reddish-brown with black heads 
and black branched body spines. When full grown they are grayish- 
black with yellow or greenish bands around the bodies. A few faint 
