THE ' 
GREAT TORTOISE-SHELL 
BUTTERFLY. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Antennce thickening towards the end, and ge- 
nerally terminating in a clavated tip. 
Wings (when at rest) meeting upwards. Flight 
diurnal. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Butterfly with denticulated orange-coloured 
wings; the upper pair marked with three 
large and four small black spots. 
Great Tortoise-sheil Butterfly.' 
Alb. ins, pi. 55. 
Roes. 1. pi. 2. 
Merian ins. Eur. pi. 52. 
The caterpillar of this jnsect feeds principally on the 
leaves of elm and willow, and changes to a chrysalis 
in the month of June, from which in July proceeds 
the Butterfly. 
