68 Beautiful Butterflies. 



" Through the wood, through the wood, follow and find me, 

 Search every hollow, and dingle, and dell." 



With respect to the scientific name, it may be ob- 

 served that Limenitis may have reference to the flashing 

 appearance of the white bands on the wings, as the in- 

 sect flies about in the dusky glade ; leme being an old 

 English word, signifying a ray or flash. Camilla, in 

 the mythology, was the name of a queen of the Volschi, 

 so swift of foot, that she could pass over a field of corn 

 without bending the ears, and over the sea without 

 wetting her feet. We should rather believe that our 

 dusky -winged Camilla could do this than the Volschian 

 queen, however swift-footed she might have been. 



This insect, we are told, is not rare on the continent 

 of Europe, where there are four other species belonging 

 to the same genus, and closely resembling it. 



