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Another member of this family, D. Berenice, is of rare 
occurrence in the Bermudas; Mr. Hurdis having only seen 
some three or four specimens during his long residence on 
the Islands—one of which, captured by Mr. Hunt Marriott, 
of H.M. Customs, on the 5th July, 1850, was of a drab or 
cream colour. 
The Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) is not uncommon, 
and is met with from April to November. It frequents 
gardens and road sides, the larvee feeding upon the common 
stinging nettle, which grows freely in many places. It is 
probably the American species, to which Sir Charles Lyell, 
in his “Second Visit to the United States of America,” 
alludes in the following words :—“ In one of the cabinets 
of Ohio insects, I saw (at Cincinnati) specimens of that 
common English butterfly Vanessa atalanta, or red admi- 
rable, which I had observed in the winter flying about in 
the woods of Alabama. I could not distinguish it from the 
European species, yet Mr. Doubleday, the entomologist of 
the British Museum, at once recognised all I shewed him 
as American specimens ; for there is a minute but constant 
difference, first pointed out by Mr. Stephens, in the mark- 
ings of the beautifully coloured anterior wing.” 
The Painted Lady (Cynthia cardwi). We have observed 
this butterfly on Gibb’s Hull, near to the lighthouse, in the 
early part of November. Mr. Hurdis also states that it is 
common on the North-side hills, from August to Novem- 
ber ; and that in the year 1852 it was much more abundant 
than he ever remembered to have seen it before. 
The Camberwell lBeauty (Vanessa Antiopa). We are in- 
duced to insert this species in the list from the following obser- 
vations of Mr. Hurdis :—“ A few years ago I observed near 
