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RED ADMIRAL. 



ALDERMAN BUTTERFLY. 



PLATE XX'SII. 

 J'aucssa Alalania, Fabkicius. Stephens. Curtis. 



" " DUKCAN. WeSTWOOD. 



Papilio Alalauta, Likx.eus. Haavokth. Lewin. 



" " Donovan. Wilkes, Albin. Haekis. 



Aiiiiiiiralis Afalaiifa. Eennie. 



Pyrameis Atalania. IIuenek. 



This magnificent • Butterfly, one of tlie richest coloured of 

 our native species, is met with throughout Europe, and also 

 in the northern part of the continent of Africa. It is widely 

 distributed in England, hut, according to W. P. Cocks, Esq., 

 is scarce in the neit^hhourhood of Falmouth. I have seen 

 it most abundantly in Worcestershire. 



It is frequently to be met with in gardens, being fond of 

 the flowers of the dahlia and the blossoms of the ivy, and is 

 a very bold and fearless species, so as to be for the most 

 part easily approached. A pleasant sight it is to watch it in 

 your quiet retirement in the country, where, "the world for- 

 getting, by the world forgot," you can enjoy in tranquillity 

 the "Thousand and one" beautiful sights in which the Benign 

 Creator displays such infinite wisdom of Almighty sldll. 



The perfect insect appears in August, and many individuals 

 live on to the Avintcr, and even survive until the following 

 spring, when they again appear, and, though faded from their 

 former splendid beauty, still shine as welcomely in the eyes 

 of the entomologist as the sunshine of the returning s^^ring 

 that calls them out. 



