LEPIDOPTEEA. 



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number of four, one on each wing, which have gained for it the 

 name it bears. The eye on the upper wings is reddish in the 

 middle, and surrounded by a yellowish circle. That on the 



Fig. 160. Small Tortoise-shell Butterfly ( Vanessa urtica). 



lower ones is blackish, with a grey circle round it, and contains 

 bluish spots. The upper part of the wings is of a russety brown, 



Fig. 161. Peacock Butterflj ( Vanessa Iu). 



the under part blackish. This Vanessa is met with in the woods, 



