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golden spots. ‘This magnificent insect is common at the end 
of summer, and easy to catch. If missed once it comes back 

Fig. 163,—Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa Atalanta). 
again almost immediately, and almost alights on the net of the 
collector. 
The Painted Lady (Vanessa (Cynthia) cardui, Fig. 164) owes 
its vernacular name to the beauty of its colours. The upper 

Fig. 164.—Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa (Cynthia) cardut). 
wings are covered above with tawny spots, rather cerise coloured 
towards the interior, and with white spots on the hind margin 
