White Admiral Purple Emperor 



Nettles in May and June. The chrysalis is like that 

 of Atalanta in colour, but hardly so stout. 



THE WHITE ADMIRAL (Limenitis Sibylla), Plate 

 VIII., Fig. 4. This butterfly is almost black on the 

 upper surface, relieved by white bars and spots, and 

 there is a row of dense black spots near the outer 

 margin of the hind-wings. These white marks are 

 carried through the wings to the under side, but the 

 ground there is formed of various shades of brown, with 

 some black dots and pencillings while on the under 

 surface of the body, and spreading out from it on to the 

 wings, is a considerable region of a light sky-blue tint, 

 very pleasing to the eye. 



The caterpillar feeds on Honeysuckle, and is a lively 

 green ; the spines are reddish, those on the third, 

 fourth, and sixth segments being larger than the others. 

 There is also a white line bordered with brown along 

 each side. The head is also red, with two lines of white 

 down the face. The chrysalis is dark green, with 

 silvery dots and lines, and bears grotesquely swollen 

 lumps. This is a butterfly that I am afraid is becoming 

 scarcer year by year ; it is confined to the South. It 

 is out in July. 



THE PURPLE EMPEROR (Apatura Iris\ Plate VIII., 

 Fig- 5> i s undoubtedly the king of the forest glade. 

 Wearing the regal purple, he looks down upon the 

 world from his lofty throne on the top of some lordly 

 oak. Somehow the build of this fine insect when seen 

 in the hand cannot fail to impress the beholder with a 

 sense of muscular power. The thorax is long, broad, 

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