PLATE XXVI 



THE THISTLE BUTTERFLIES 

 Fig. 



1. The Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. 



2. The Red Admiral, lower side of wings. 



3. The Painted Beauty, Vanessa hun/era. 



4. The Painted Beauty, lower side of wings. 



5. The Cosmopolite, Vanessa cardni. 



6. The Cosmopolite, lower side of wings. 



