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The comma buttterfly, 



964, has its wings above of 

 a tawny-orange colour, 

 with the outer margins 

 dark coloured. The bor- 

 ders of the wings are deeply 

 escolloped. The caterpillar, 

 963, is of a brownish red 

 colour, and feeds on hops, 

 nettles, elm,willow, honey- 

 suckle, &c. The chrysalis, 



965, is flesh-coloured, or 

 brownish, with gold spots. 



The great swallow- tailed 

 butterfly, 967, is the largest 

 of British flies. The co- 

 lours are yellow, black, 

 and purple, with two large 

 brown eyes on the poste- 

 rior wings. It breeds twice 

 a year. The caterpillar, 



966, frequents plants of 

 marsh-milk, parsley, and 

 wild carrot. The chrysalis, 



968, is attached to stems. 

 The black- veined white 



butterfly, 970, exhibits no 

 spots, but is distinctly 

 veined. The caterpillar, 



969, feeds on whitethorn, 

 &c ; the chrysalis, 97 1 , at- 

 tached to stems of plants. 



The Camberwell beauty, 

 973, is a splendid fly ; dark 

 rich brown wings, fringed 

 d with mottled yellow bor- 

 Lider, an inner border of blue 

 w^eyes. The caterpillar, 972, 

 |;,Mull bluish,with red spines. 

 ^Feeds on wil lows, the chry- 

 salides being suspended 

 by the leaves. 

 The green hair streak, 



975, is of a rich blackish 

 brown, without spots, 

 fringed with an indented 

 yellow border. The cater- 

 pillar, 974, greenish, with 

 red streaks ; feeds on the 

 common bramble, and on 

 pea plants. The chrysalis 



976, attached to the stems. 

 The scarce copper, 978, 



has copper-coloured wings, 

 the male being free from 

 black spots, except close to 

 the border behind ; the 

 female, 978, being more 

 generally spotted ; the ca- 

 terpillar, 977, greenish, 

 with faint yellow mark- 

 ings, feeds on golden rod, 

 &c. ; the chrysalis, --79, is 

 attached to a leaf or stem 

 by a knob of web at the tail . 

 The azure blue, 98 1 , is bor- 

 dered white and an inner 

 streak of black. The female 

 differs from the male by 

 having a great depth of 

 black border. Caterpillar, 

 980, frequents pea plants 

 and vetches, and chrysalis, 

 982, is attached to stems. 



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1003 



The purple emperor, 984 

 is a splendid insect, the 

 male having the uppei 

 wings blue, the female 

 brown, with dark and 

 variegated borders. The 

 caterpillar, 983, is of a soft 

 apple green, with diagonal 

 streaks of yellow, and feeds 

 on the broad-leaved sallow; 

 the chrysalis, 985, is sus- 

 pended to leaves or stems. 



The red admiral, 987, 

 has the under side of the 

 wings very richly marbled 

 with deep brown ; the 

 upper wings black and 

 brown with rich red bands, 

 and posterior border ; 

 white spots on the points 

 of the front pair. Cater- 

 pillar, 986, speckled and 

 spinous, feeds cn the com- 

 mon nettle ; the chrysalis, 

 988, attached to the leaves. 



The peacock, 990, has 

 yellow, blue, white, and 

 red markings on the front 

 wings, and two large pea- 

 cock eyes on the posterior. 

 The caterpillar, 989, col- 

 lects in large numbers on 

 nettles; the chrysalis, 991, 

 suspended from the leaves. 



The great tortoiseshell, 

 993, so called from the 

 tortoiseshell appearance of 

 its wings. The caterpillar, 

 992, is handsomely striped; 

 found upon the elm ; the 

 chrysalis, 994, attached to 

 the leaves. 



The Glanville fratillai y, 

 996, has light brown 

 wings, with symmetrical 

 black markings; tYiz cater- 

 pillar, 995, found on the 

 common plantain, &c. ; 

 the chrysalis, 997, small 

 suspended by the tail. 



The brown hair streak, 

 999, has deep brown wings, 

 the upper surface varied 

 by a dull half-moon- like 

 eye ; posterior wings 

 tipped with yellowish red 

 spots. The female has a 

 large patch of orange 

 yellow on upper wings. 

 The caterpillar, 998, feeds 

 on the birch and black- 

 thorn; the chrysalis, 1000, 

 brown, attached to stems. 



The purjle hair streak, 

 1002, has dark brown 

 wings ; the wings of the 

 female being adorned by 

 large patches of bright 

 azure blue. The cater- 

 pillar, 1001, feeds on the 

 oak : the chrysnlh, 1003 

 attached to t he sums. 



