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feeds on the Viola canina, or dog violet. The perfect 

 insect is more plentiful than A . Adippe. 



LEPIDOPTERA. NYMPHALID^B. 



VANESSA. 



Generic Distinctions. See page 129. 



VANESSA URTICJE. (Plate VII.) Small Tortoise-shell The 

 prevailing colour is orange-red, on the upper side of this 

 pretty insect ; on the anterior margin it inclines to yellow, 

 and is marked with three large quadrate black spots, beyond 

 which is a small white mark ; near the hinder margin is 

 another large black spot, and two small ones on the disc ; 

 the margin is deeply edged with black, and ornamented with 

 a series of blue crescents, and two undulating lines of pale 

 yellow ; half of the under wings is black, the rest orange- 

 red, with a border similar to that of the anterior pair ; on 

 the under side, these wings are pale yellow, with three 

 patches of brown, the tip also mottled with the same colour, 

 and the border appearing to shine through from the upper 

 side; the hinder wings have the same appearance, being 

 brown, where the upper part is black, and of a lighter hue, 



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