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feeds on the Viola ca7iina, or dog violet. The perfect in- 

 sect is more plentiful than A. Adippe, 



Lepidoptera. Nymphalid^. 

 VANESSA. 



Generic Distinctions. — See page 129. 



Vanessa UETic^. (Plate VII.) Small Tortoise-shell. The 

 prevailing colour is orange-red on the upper side of tliis 

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

 and is marked with three large quadrate black spots, beyond 

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

 other 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 j 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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