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rather bristly. It feeds on honeysuckle. The pupa is angular, of 
greenish colour, with golden spots. . 
The Limenitis camilla (Fig 167), of which the black on the 
wings is shot with blue, is not found in England. 
In the month of July, the Apatura ila (Fig. 168) and the 
Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), sylvan insects of strong flight, 
whose wings are beautifully shot with violet blue when examined 
in certain lights,—the latter resembling Jia, but wanting the 
eye-like spots on the front wings,—are met with. Jris only is 
found in this country. Both species occur in the environs of 
Paris. 
The Charaxes iasius (Fig. 169), which is found along the whole 











































































































































Fig. 168.—Apatura iia. 
of the Mediterranean coast, has its lower wings terminated in two 
points, whence the peasants call this butterfly the Pacha mith two 
tails. 'The upper part of its wings is of a brown colour of changing 
hues. The hind margin of the fore wings has along it a tawny 
band with a fine black line running round. The hind wings have 
their hinder margin black, and garnished with a little white 
fringe. ‘The two tails are black and the groove of the inner 
margin is of an ashy grey. The underneath of the wings is 
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