112 *HTTJSH BUTTERFLIES. 



TH:E WHITE ADMIRAL 



{Limenitis Sybilla.) (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



THIS elegant butterfly is one of those in which tha 

 Choicest ornamentation is bestowed upon the under sur- 

 face, to the comparative neglect of the upper. Above, 

 a dark sepia-brown tint, banded and spotted with white, 

 is all that greets the eye ; but beneath there is a piece 

 of the most exquisitely harmonious colouring, though 

 the hues that compose it are still of a subdued and 

 secondary nature; silvery blue, and golden brown 

 blended with a cooler brown and black, ars placed in 

 vivacious contrast with bands and spots of pure silver y 

 white. 



The caterpillar (Plate I. fig. 4), which feeds on the 

 Honeysuckle, is a pretty and singular looking creature ; 

 qeneral colour bright green, with reddish branched 

 pines, and white and brown side-stripes. 



The chrysalis (Plate I. fig. 21) is also a very beautiful 

 and curious object, very knobby and angular, of dark 

 green general colour, and ornamented with bright silver 

 upots and atripes. 



The butterfly is found from the end of June till the 

 end of July; its favourite resorts being oak-woods ia 

 the do ithern counties. 



