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CHELONIA V1LIEA. 

 CREAM-SPOTTED TIGER. 

 Plate XL Figure 2. 



THIS fine insect measures from a little over two 

 inches to nearly two and a half inches in expanse. 

 Male: fore wings very deep rich velvet-black, with 

 generally about eight conspicuous cream-white or 

 yellowish-white spots. Hind wings rich orange-yellow, 

 with four, or five, or six black spots, and an irregular 

 black patch or mass of spots at the lower corner. The 

 body is rich orange colour on the upper part, spotted 

 with a row of black dots, and more or less red towards 

 the end. The head velvet-black; the thorax velvet-black, 

 with a cream-white spot on each side near the front. 



Localities for this species are Falmouth, Blandford, 

 Bristol, Exeter, Lewes, Plymouth, Epping, Charmouth, 

 Blean Wood near Canterbury, at both of which places 

 I have taken it; Faversham, Emsworth, Barnstaple, 

 Bisterne, Kingsbury, Lymington, West Wickham, West 

 Looe, Brighton, Teignmouth, Worthing, Truro, Tenter- 

 den, &c., &c. 



The situations where it is found are lanes, hedge-sides, 

 and open places in woods. 



The perfect insect appears in June. 



The caterpillar is black, with brown hair all over it. 

 Head dull red; legs the same. 



The caterpillar is found in September, and lives 

 through the winter till May. 



It feeds on the ragwort ( ' Senecio Jacob&a), chick-weed 

 (Cerasteum vulgatum), and a variety of other plants. 



