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is scalloped ; while the concave general outline of the 

 hind-margin of the fore-wings gives the insect a very 

 graceful appearance. The ground-colour consists of 

 various shades of reddish-brown, irregularly marked with 

 black. There are five white spots near the tip of the 

 fore-wings, and five black ones near the margin of the 

 hind-wings. "On the under-surface (Fig. 124) the fore- 

 wings are marked much in the same way, but in some- 

 what lighter tints.. The hind-wings are delicately pencilled 

 with brown and cream, and there are five beautiful eye- 

 spots corresponding to the five black spots on the upper 

 surface. Contrary to usual custom, the under-surface is 

 more beautiful than the upper. 



Limenitis, Bdv. 



The genus Limenitis is represented in Britain by one 

 species only, the group of butterflies to which this genus 

 belongs being more plentiful in the East. The imago 

 has but four perfect legs, the anterior pair being unfitted 

 for walking. As in the Vanessas, the larva is spinous, 

 and the pupa angled ; the wings, however, are not angled 

 but scalloped. The larva is suspended, head downwards, 

 by the anal extremity. 



L. Sibylla, Linn. (White Admiral) (Figs. 126 to 129), 

 has little relationship to the Red Admiral, notwithstanding 

 the similarity of their common names. There is, however, 

 some kind of resemblance between the two insects ; both 

 have a very dark smoky-black ground-colour, crossed in 

 the case of the Red Admiral by a scarlet band, and in 

 the butterfly before us by a white one. The bands, how- 

 ever, do not correspond, for they are in opposite directions. 

 The under-surfaces of both, though bearing no resem- 

 blance to one another, are exceedingly beautiful, forming 

 in each case a mosaic of most delicate colouring. 



