LEPIDOPTEEA. 



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golden spots. This magnificent insect is common at the end 

 of summer, and easy to catch. If missed once it comes back 



Fig. 163. Ked Admiral Butterfly ( Vanessa Atalanta). 



again almost immediately, and almost alights on the net of the 

 collector. 



The Painted Lady (Vanessa (Cynthia) cardui, Fig. 164) owes 

 its vernacular name to the beauty of its colours. The upper 



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Fig. 164. Painted Lady Butterfly ( Vanessa (Cynthia) cardut). 



wings are covered above with tawny spots, rather cerise coloured 

 towards the interior, and with white spots on the hind margin 



