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10 CONSPECTUS OF BUTTERFLIES. 
AMMIRALIS (REnnte). 
Palpi thickly clothed with scales, and a few hairs intermixed ; 
antenne with the clubbed tips abrupt ; eyes downy ; upper wings 
angular; under wings round, indented, and without any tail. 
Egg oval, with many elevated ridges; caterpillar solitary, 
with toothed spines; ehrysalis somewhat angular, commonly 
gilt, and suspended by the tail. 
Tae ALDERMAN (Ammiralis Atalanta, RENNIE) appears in 
spring, the middle of July and the beginning of August, until 
November. Wings two inches and a half to three inches ; deep 
silky black, edged with white crescents: first pair with a trans. 
verse, somewhat interrupted, orange-red band on both sur- 
faces ; second pair with a marginal row of black spots. Cater- 
pillar, solitary, greenish, with a yellow line on the back, feeds 
on the nettle. Chrysalis blackish, ashy-grey beneath, with gold 
spots. Common everywhere. 
CYNTHIA (Fasnicivs), ‘ 
Palpi thickly clothed with scales and short hair, with three 
joints, the first short and curved, the second long and flattish, 
the third longer than the first, and needle shaped; antenne 
with nearly forty joints; the clubbed tips very short, abrupt, and 
flattish ; eyes very downy; fore legs very hairy, somewhat like 
a tippet; feet with short cushions and long claws, somewhat 
forked ; wings with scollops ; upper wings triangular and some- 
what curved; under wings somewhat oval, wedge-shaped, 
clothed on the upper and inner sides with long hair, with a 
groove to receive the abdomen. 
Egg oval, with many elevated ridges ; caterpillar solitary, 
with toothed spines; chrysalis angular, commonly gilt, and 
suspended by the tail. 
Tue Painrep LApy (Cynthia Cardui, SterueNns) appears 
in spring, the end of July and beginning of August, until 
October. Wings two inches one third to two thirds; tawny 
brown, with a tinge of rose colour, variegated with white and 
black; second pair underneath marbled, with four eyelets 
Varies much in brightness of colour. Caterpillar, solitary, 
dusky, with interrupted yellow lines on the sides, feeds on 
spear-thistle, nettle, mallow, &e. Chrysalis brown, with ash- 
coloured lines and gold spots. Common. Edinburgh, Middle 
sex, Devon, Jersey, and in most parts of the globe. 
Tae HAmpsteAp (C, Hampstediensis, Srrruens), Wings 
two inches; above dark brown, with a yellow streak at the 
margin; the first pair with five yellow spots, and all the wings 
with two black eyelets, having a white pupil. This insect has 
not been met with since the time of Petiver, who had it from 
Hampstead. ; 
Tue Netwine (C? Lavana, StePuENS). Said to be British on 
doubtful authority. 
