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MARBLED WHITE BUTTERFLY. 



Hipparchia Galathea. 

 PLATE XXIII. FIG. 1. 



Pap. Galathea, Linn. Donovan, viii. 15, pi. 258. cJ 

 Lewin, pi. 28. Wilkes" 1 English Butterflies, pi. 100. 



THE colours of this handsome species are black 

 and greenish-yellow, each of them occupying almost 

 equal portions of the surface. The upper wings 

 hare a large somewhat oval yellow spot at the base, 

 three large patches of the same colour near the 

 middle, divided into spots by the black nervures, two 

 small ones near the anterior angle, and a row of 

 small points parallel with the margin ; the fringe of 

 the latter with alternating spots of black and yellow. 

 There is likewise a large yellow spot at the base of 

 the under wings, a broad irregular band of the same 

 colour in the middle, traversed by the black ner- 

 vures, and a row of small yellow spots near the 

 hinder extremity. The under side is paler than the 

 upper, the greenish-yellow colour greatly predomi- 

 nating, all the wings having a row of large triangular 

 marks on the hinder margin. There is a small ocellus 

 near the tip of the upper pair, and five others on the 

 hinder wings, forming an irregular row, interrupted 



