82 PAIKTED LADY. 



of Switzerland in sucli vast numbers, that their transit occupied 

 several hours, in a manner 'mirabile dictu.' 



The caterpillar is found in the middle of July. 



It feeds on the thistle, f Car dims lanceolatus , ) the nettle, 

 ( TJrtica dioica,J the mallow, f Mcdca syhestris,) and the 

 artichoke, ( Cynara scolymus.J 



The wings expand to the width of from two inches and a 

 quarter to two and three-quarters, or a little over. The fore 

 wings are brown at the base, the tip blackish, with five white 

 spots, the largest of which adjoins the front edge, and the four 

 others — two small ones between two larger, the upper of which 

 latter also adjoins the front edge — form a curved line, between 

 which and the margin is a slender interrupted whitish line, 

 the margin itself being white, indented crescent-wise. The 

 rest of these wings is fulvous orange, with a suffusion of pink 

 more or less extended from the upper inner part, and with 

 three indented black united spots. The hind wings have the 

 base and the inner margin brown, the remainder fulvous, with 

 many black marks arranged in three rows, the inner one forming 

 a series of round larger and smaller spots, and the outer one 

 adjoining the margin, which is whitish. 



Underneath, the fore wings are marked nearly as above, but 

 the tawny colour is more diffused; the dark spots are smaller, 

 and the tip of the wing is dark stone-colour, instead of black. 

 The hind wings are mottled in the most charming manner with 

 pale olive brown, yellowish buff, and white; the veins being 

 white. Near the hind margin is a row of slender blackish blue 

 marks, above which are four eyes; the two middle ones being 

 smaller than the two outer ones, which are encircled with black. 



The caterpillar is solitary, of a brown colour, with interrupted 

 yellow lines along the side, and s^^ined. 



The chrysalis is brown, with ash-coloured lines and golden 



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This Butterfly varies considerably both in size and in the 

 amount and depth of the pink colour on the wii)gs. 



