LEPIDOPTEEA. 



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rather bristly. It feeds on honeysuckle. The^pupa is angular, of 

 greenish colour with golden spots. 



The Limenitis Camilla (Fig. 167), of which the black on the 

 wings is shot with blue, is not found in England. 



In the month of July, the Apatura ilia, (iFig. 168), and the Pur- 

 ple Emperor (Apatura iris), sylvan insects of strong flight, whose 

 wings are beautifully shot with violet blue when examined 

 in certain lights, the latter resembling lUa, but wanting the eye- 

 like spots on the front wings, are met with. Iris only is 

 found in this- country. Both species occur in the environs of 

 Paris. 



The Charades iasiu&(Fig. 169), which is found along the whole 



Fig. 168. - Apatura ilia. 



of the Mediterranean coast, has its lower wings terminated in two 

 points, whence the peasants call this- butterfly the Paeha nith tno 

 tails. The upper part of its wings is of a brown colour of changing 

 hues. The hind margin of the fore wings has along it a tawny 

 band with a fine black line running round. The hind wings have 

 their hinder margin black, and garnished with a little white 

 fringe. The two tails are black and the groove of the inner 

 margin is of an ashy grey. The underneath of the wings is 



