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EED ADMIRAL. 



ALDERMAN BUTTERFLY. 



PLATE XXVII. 



Vanessa Atalanta, 

 It i( 



Papilio Atalanta, 



a it 



Ammiralis Atalanta, 

 Pyrameis Atalanta, 



Fabricius. Stephens. Curtis. 



Duncan. Westwood. 



LiNN^us. Hawokth. Lewin. 



Donovan. Wilkes. Albin. Harris. 



Rennie. 



Hubner. 



This magnificent butterfly, one of the 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, 

 but, according to W. P. Cocks, Esq., is scarce in the neighbourhood 

 of Falmouth. It occurs near Looe. I have seen it most abundantly 

 in Worcestershire. It ranges from Brighton to Bisternc. In Yorkshire 

 also plentifully near Nunburnholme and Nafferton. In AVales at 

 Llandudno. 



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 fiart easily approached. A 

 pleasant sight it is to watch it in your quiet retirement in the country, 

 where, "the world forgetting, 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 skill. 



The perfect insect ajjpears in June, July, and August, and many 

 individuals live on to the winter, and even survive until the following 

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



