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gular point on the inner side, enclosing a row of spots, the 

 colour of the ground ; the primary wings are yellowish un- 

 derneath, the black spots smaller than the corresponding 

 ones on the surface, the tips light yellow ; the hinder wings 

 have several large yellowish spots at the base, some of which 

 are slightly glossed over with silver, the spaces between being 

 red ; the latter colour forms a large spot in the middle, the 

 space between this and the hinder margin being variegated 

 with rust-brown and yellow, and a row of dark spots ; the 

 hinder margin is adorned with triangular silvery spots, 

 bounded by a deep black line ; there is also a long silver spot 

 near the centre, forming part of a band of yellowish colour. 

 The caterpillar is black and spinose, with lines of orange 

 along the back. It feeds on the violet. The butterfly seems 

 pretty generally distributed, and appears again in August. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



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THECLA. 



Generic Distinctions. Antennae gradually thickening to the apex ; 

 palpi with the terminal joint short, slender, and oval ; upper wings 

 entire, the lower pair with one or two small appendages; colour 

 always brown above. 



