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here, the Painted Lady, is of universal distribution excluding of course 

 the arctic and antarctic regions, and is to be found all over India. 

 Another species V. indica is to be found in the Nilgiri, Palni and 

 Anamali hills as well as throughout the Himalayas and is practically 

 identical with V. atalanta, our Eed Admiral, only differing in the red 

 band of the forewings which is less regular in outline and less brilliant 

 in colour. There are also three species of " Tortoiseshell " in the 

 Western Himalayas which are closely allied to our English V. lirticse. 



V. CarcLui, L. Upperside Brownish orange, mixed with blackish 

 towards base. Fore wing with the apical third black, an irregular black 

 spot across the middle of cell, another beyond it smaller and not reach- 

 ing the upper margin of the cell, a black patch at the end of the cell, 

 the angle between vein 2 and the lower margin of the cell filled up with 

 blackish and a quadrate spot between veins 1 and 2 beyond middle, an 

 oblique band of four white spots between the veins in the black apical 

 area and 3 smaller white spots beyond them. A marginal series of 

 whitish streaks between the veins preceded by suffused blackish spots 

 towards anal angle. Cilia pale between the veins. 



Hindwing. — With the blackish mixed basal area larger and extended 

 to include the whole costal area ; an indistinct waved dusky band from 

 it reaching across the wing beyond the cell, a row of five to six black 

 spots beyond it, a submarginal line of black streaks between the veins 

 and beyond it the veins broadly blackish. 



Underside— Forewing brownish orange, basal area tinged with pink, 

 apical third greyish brown shading to whitish at apex. Spots much as 

 on the upperside. Hindwing olive brown mottled with whitish blotches 

 and crossed by yellowish lines. A submarginal series of ocellated spots 

 with blue or black centres, a subterminal line of black streaks between 

 the veins and terminal black spots on the veins as on the upperside. 

 The male and female do not differ except in size. 



Larva. — Greyish-ochreous, greenish or brown. A blackish central 

 line and sometimes yellowish lateral lines. Seven longitudinal rows of 

 branching spines. Food Plant — in this country Artemisia, Blumea, 

 etc.; in temperate climes, as its name implies, its most general food plant 

 is the common thistle though it will also readily eat nettles. 



Size : 21" @ 2|". 



Plate B, Fig. 9. 



(To be continued.) 



