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WHITE AHMIRAL. 
colour is (lull black above, variegated with obscure 
dark spots. Both wings are traversed by a broad 
oblique white band, which is very irregular on the up- 
per pair, being widely interrupted in the middle, and 
divided by the nervures into separate spots, the ante- 
rior portion directed inwards ; where the band is in- 
terrupted, there is a minute white spot, and a larger 
one on a line with it externally ; two others are 
placed near the tip, and a fourth midway between the 
white band and the base of the wing. On the hinder 
wings the band is attenuated towards the anal angle ; 
on the latter is a patch of rust-red surrounding two 
black spots, and two rows of obscure dark spots oc- 
cupy the space between the band and the hinder ex- 
tremity. The prevailing colour on the under side 
is brownish-yellow; all the white spots of the upper 
side are visible, with the addition of a few others, 
and most of them have a faint pearly lustre. The 
base of the hinder wings, and under side of the body, 
are pale blue, and the yollowish-brown portions are 
streaked and spotted with black. The fringe is 
white, spotted with black ; the antenna; rust-brown 
on the tip and under side. 
The caterpillar, which does not appear to have 
been observed in England, is described by the con- 
tinental naturalists as green, with the head, dorsal 
appendages, and sides of the belly reddish. The 
honeysuckle is its favourite food. 
Like the preceding species, this insect must be 
placed among our rarer British Butterflies. Some 
