DESCRIPTIVE NOTICES OF CONSPICUOUS SPECIES 103 



FAMILY II. NYMPHALID.E. Subfamily Vanessidi. 



CYNTHIA CARDUL THE PAINTED LADY 

 BUTTERFLY. 



This pretty species occurs throughout the country, 

 but is very irregular in its appearance : some years it is 

 plentiful, some years it is hardly noticed at all. 



The expansion of the wings is 2J inches. The fore- 

 wings are pale orange-red, spotted and mottled with 

 black ; the base of the wing is blackish ; in the black 

 tip are five white spots. The hind-wings are pale 

 orange-red, spotted and mottled with black, the base is 

 dusky blackish. 



The spiny larva is brown, with two dorsal and two 

 lateral yellow lines ; on the third, fourth, and twelfth 

 segments there are four spines ; on the fifth to eleventh 

 segments seven spines, and on the thirteenth two 

 spines ; it feeds solitarily in rolled thistle leaves in 

 June and July. 



The perfect insect appears at the end of July, and is 

 found throughout August and September ; after hyber- 

 nating, it is again seen on the wing on bright warm 

 days in March and April. 



FAMILY II. NYMPH ALID.E. Subfamily Vanessidi. 



VANESSA AT AL ANT A. THE BED ADMIRAL 

 BUTTERFLY. 



(Plate II., Fig. 1.) 



This handsome species is common throughout the 

 country. 



The expansion of the wings is from 2^ to 2} inches. 

 The fore-wings are black, with a broad deep red central 



