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t'lUcrpillar. Solitary, dull brown, with yellow lateral lon- 

 gitudinal stripes. 



C/iri/salis. Dull brown, with whitish brown longitudinal 

 streaks, and dotted with gold. 



Observalimi. This is rather a scarce species, but sometimes 

 appears in great numbers. 



(iemis Vanessa, pi. II, fig. 8. 



Antcnu/E rather long, with a rather abrupt oblong snbcylin- 

 drlcal knob, terminating in a lateral point ; joints about 

 thirty. 



Palpi more than twice the length of the head, very hairy. 



Forelegs s))Urious. 



Claws long, double, internal <mc slender ; foot cushions 

 nearly obsolete. 



Primary wings triangular subfalcate, angular ; secumlary 

 subtriangular scalloped, often fiimished with a short tail, 

 and forming together a gioove to receive the abdomen. 



Jf, B. — In F. Atalanta the secondary wings have no nidi- 

 ment of a tail ; and in I'. C. Album the primary are narrow 

 and sinuatcd, and the tail of the secondary is rather long. 



Egg oval, many ridged, and umbiUcated. 



Caterpillar spinose. 



Chrysalis subangular, suspended • ; head-case eared. 



Sepp. I. i. pi- i. »• vi. 



VANESSA ATALANTA, RED ADMIRAL. 



LewiH,pl.\. Donova7i.v.3,p.SS. Duncan, pi. W, fig. I. 



Bulterjl!/. Wings indented subangnlate, block edged with 

 white crescents. Primary with a central orange-red band, 



• By this term it is meant that the Clirysulit i» suspended by 



