66 Beautiful Butterflies. 



WHITE ADMIRAL. 



PLATE II. — FIG. II. 



\APILIO, or Limenitis Camilla. This is an 

 insect most usually found in the shady wood- 

 lands of Essex, Sussex, Hampshire, Suffolk, 

 Kent, and Middlesex; it is by no means a common 

 species in any part of England, and is remarkable 

 rather for grace and elegance of form than richness of 

 colour, The wings, which, when expanded, sometimes 

 measure as much as two inches and a half across, are, 

 on the upper side, of a dull brownish black, with a 

 broad band crossing each; this is very irregular in 

 shape, and varies considerably in breadth in different 

 individuals ; there are also white specks scattered here 

 and there about the wings, the under sides of which 

 are of a light reddish brown, with the white markings 

 of the upper sides showing through ; near the body of 

 the insect, they become of a grey tint ; the back and 

 upper parts of the body also assimilate to the outer 

 surface of the wings in hue. 



The Caterpillar, which feeds on the honeysuckle, is 

 from an inch to two inches long ; of a green colour, 

 ringed and ornamented with faint red lines, and tufts 



