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THE INSECT WOELD. 



make those who only seek to terrify themselves, and to see prodi- 

 gies in everything, believe that during the night it had rained 

 blood." 



In the family of Nymphalida, we will first mention the White 

 Admiral (Fig. 166). The upper side of its wings is of a dark 

 brown, almost black, traversed in the middle by a white band 



divided into spots very close 

 to each other. The lower 

 part of the wings is ferru- 

 ginous, with a band and 

 spots of white, as on the 

 upper, besides which it has 

 a double hinder trans- 

 verse row of black dots. 

 These dots are followed on 

 the hind wings by some 



white spots, and the whole of the inner margin is of a glossy ashy 

 blue, with the base spotted with black. This butterfly is not rare 





Fig. 167. Limenitis Camilla. 



in the month of July in woods in the south of England, where it 

 flies round and settles upon the branches of the underwood. The 

 caterpillar is of a delicate green, with a lateral white stripe, and 



