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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



of seven pale yellow spots beyond the cell. There are 

 three submarginal black ocelli, the lower not pupilled, 

 the middle pupilled, with the lower of three white spots ; 

 a little tawny near the posterior part of the margin. 

 Hind wings more uniformly shaded with brown, with 

 two marginal rows of fawn lunules ; and beyond the 

 middle six round eye-like spots, not pupilled, in a pale 

 field. In certain lights the upper surface has a little 

 iridescence. 



Under side light gray, less brown than above, the 



FIG. 



Apatura t'cltis : a, egg ; b, larva, dorsal view ; c, <l, pupa ; e, imago, male, the 

 dotted lino showing form of female. 



middle of the fore wings with a slight yellow tinge. 

 The fore wings have two ocelli, the hind wings seven, 

 all annulate with pale yellow, and all but one on each 

 wing with a pupil, the pupil of those on the hind wings 

 pale blue. 



The mature larvse, as described by Professor Riley, are 

 rather more than an inch long, of a pea-green color, with 

 a series of yellow spots along the middle of the back, 

 and three yellow lines on each side, the intermediate one 

 undulating, often obsolete on the anterior part of each 

 joint, and containing a little lead-colored dimple. The 



