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THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. 



surface is very delicate : and I do not see that it is Jess beau- 

 tiful because it is diminutive ; though if it were as large 

 as a Swallow-tail or a Camberwell Beauty, it would strike 

 the attention more readily. 



F. There is often considerable diversity in the vivid- 

 ness of colour of different individuals of the same species of 

 butterfly or moth ; one being much more beautiful than an- 

 other ; in the same individual) however, one wing in general 



LARVA, PUPA, AND IMAGO OF THE BANDED PURPLE. 



(Limenitis Artfiemis*) 



