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the hinder margin, before which is a transverse series of 

 ocelli of a brownish colour with a silver pupil. The 

 caterpillar is said to be greyish- brown, with a white line 

 along the back : it is spiny ; the heartsease and some other 

 plants form its food. The butterfly is small and rare. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



COLIAS. 



Generic Distinctions. Antenna short and robust, thickening into 

 an obtuse club; palpi projecting beyond the head; wings., primary 

 pair triangular, secondary rounded. 



COLIAS EDUSA. Clouded Yellow Butterfly. The male 

 is pale orange- yellow ; the upper wings with a wide black 

 border, waved on the inner edge, and a rounded spot 

 of the same in the middle of each ; the hinder wings 

 are also margined with black, the ground colour is slightly 

 mixed with green, and each has a spot of deep yellow ; 

 on the under side, the upper wings are pale-tawny, greenish 

 at the extremity, with a central black spot, and a faint 

 series of blackish spots parallel with the outer edge ; the 

 under wings are greenish, with a row of rust-coloured 

 spots on the margin. The female has a few yellow spots on 

 the black band of the upper wings ; examples of this sex 



