CAMBERWELL BEAUTY. 89 



not of the lepidopterous order, nor game for any net 

 that the entomologist usually carries. Since then it has 

 been found at intervals, and in very variable abundance, 

 in a wide range of localities. 



The arrangement of colours in this butterfly is most 

 remarkable and unusual, by reason of the sudden con- 

 trast between the pale whitish border and the velvet 

 depth of the colours it encloses. 



The inmost portion of all the wings is a deep rich 

 chocolate brown, then comes a band of black, including 

 a row of large blue spots, and succeeded by an outer 

 border of pale yellow tint, partially dappled with black 

 specks. 



The caterpillar feeds on the willow (which accounts 

 for its former appearance in Camberwell). It is thorny, 

 black, with white dots, and a row of large red spots 

 down the back. 



The chrysalis is very angular, and blackish with 

 tawny spots. 



The butterfly comes out of the chrysalis late in the 

 autumn, and is seen from August till October; but 

 a great proportion of those observed in this country 

 have survived the winter, and have been seen abroad 

 again in the spring. It has been frequently seen feast- 

 ing on over-ripe or rotten fruit, and at such times may 

 be often surprised and captured with ease. 



~No spot can be pointed out where one can expect 

 to meet with this fine insect; but it has appeared 

 singly at intervals in the following localities among 

 others : Scotland, Ayrshire ; Durham ; Scarborough ; 

 York ; Darlington ; Sheffield ; Manchester ; Lake Dis- 

 trict ; Appleby ; Coventry ; Peterborough ; Oxford ; 

 Burton-on-Trent ; Norfolk ; Lincolnshire ; Suffolk ; 

 Bristol ; Ely ; Shrewsbury ; Plymouth ; Teignmouth ; 

 Kent ; Ashford ; Bromley ; Tenterden ; Eamsgate ; 

 various places in neighbourhood of London ; Epping ; 

 Hampshire ; Isle of Wight ; Lewes ; Worthing. 



On the Continent this is a common butterfly, in many 

 places being the most abundant of all the Vanessas. 



