296 LEPIDOPTERA. 



profile somewhat like a Roman nose ; and on the back are 

 two rows of very sharp tubercles of a golden color. The 

 caterpillars are cylindrical, and armed with branching spines ; 

 they live in company, at least during the early period of their 

 existence, and do not conceal themselves under a web or 

 within a folded leaf. 



Vanessa Antiopa, L. Antiopa Butterfly. 8 (Fig. 121.) 



Wings purplish brown above, with a broad buff-yellow 

 margin, near the inner edge of which there is a row of pale 

 blue spots. 



Expands from 3 to 3^ inches. 



This butterfly passes the winter in some sheltered place 

 in a partially torpid state. I have found it in mid-winter 



Fig. 121. 



sticking to the rafters of a barn, and in the crevices of walls 

 and stone-heaps, huddled together in great numbers, with 

 the wings doubled together above the back, and apparently 

 benumbed and lifeless ; but it soon recovers its activity on 

 being exposed to warmth. It comes out of its winter quar- 



[ 8 This is one of the few butterflies common to this country and Europe, and 

 has probably been introduced here. MORRIS.] 



