CLITDEN BEAUTY. 
<2o1 
waved streaks of pearl white or leaden colour ; a 
large dark-brown tliree-comered patch on the an- 
terior edge near the tip ; and the whole of the 
hinder margin tinged with dusky-brown and varie- 
gated ivith faint waved lines of white or lead 
colour ; tliis dusky Iwrder hounded internally by a 
pretty distinct geminated imdulating bromi Ihie. 
Hinder wings likewise dusky on the hinder margin, 
that colour more or less interrupted rvith white, 
and boxmded intemtdly by a faint waved bromr 
streak. Head, thorax, and base of the abdomen 
pitch-brown, the rest of the abdomen whitish. 
The caterpillar is green, with a series of bro^vn 
crescent-shaped spots on the back, and a streak of 
that colour on the sides of the first and last seg- 
ments. It feeds on the raspberry and probably 
other species of Rubi. The moth, which is prized 
by collectors on account of the delicacy of its mark- 
ings, is very scarce ; but has been found near 
London, at Reading, in Kent, at Tunbridge Wells, 
and a few other places. The present genus differs 
from Melanippe cliiefly in the proportions of the 
joints of the palpi, the two first joints both robust, the 
radical one especially, the terminal joint minute and 
ovate ; the whole organ very short, and not visible 
from above. Tlie proboscis is long, the forehead 
prominent. Tlie wings entire mrd rounded, but not 
so broad as in Melanippe. As at present consti- 
tuted, the genus contains five British species. 
