181 



WHITE ADMIRAL. 



Lxmenitis Camilla. 



PLATE XX. Fig. 2. 



Pap. Camilla, Linn — Curtis, Brit. Ent. iii, pi. 124 Dono- 

 van, viii. pi. 244 — Lewin. pi. 8 — White Admiral, Pettier 

 and Curtis — The "White Admirable, Harris' 1 Aurelian, 

 pi. 30. 



Antenna thickening gradually from near the 

 middle almost to the apex, the club being slender 

 and elongated ; palpi not approximating at the tip, 

 the basal joint shortest and nearly oval, the second 

 one very long, and the terminal one elongate-ovate, 

 ending suddenly in a point ; wings not much longer 

 than broad, rounded and entire ; eyes pubescent ; legs 

 alike in both sexes, the anterior pair short and 

 slender, the tarsus formed of a single joint ending in 

 a small claw, the other claws nearly resembling those 

 of Vanessa. Caterpillar with obtuse fleshy projec- 

 tions on the back, fringed with hair (PI. III. fig. 7). 

 Chrysalis bifid at the head, and suspended by the 

 tail. 



This elegant insect is about the size of larger spe- 

 cimens of the Small Tortoise-shell Butterfly, the ex- 

 pansion of the wings being nearly two inches. The 



