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border, that on the hind wings being again narrowly bordered with 
black ; on the hind wings near the anal angle is a row of violet-blue 
spots, the space around them being tinged with green ; the head, 
thorax and abdomen are stout, and the antennge long, tapering into 
well-marked clubs. PI. XXXIV., 1. 
Times of Appearance. — May and June, and August and 
September. 
Habitat. — Those countries bordering on the Mediterranean 
where the food-plant of the larva (Arbutus Unedo) grows wild. In 
Europe, the South of France (as at Heyeres, Nice, &c.), Spain 
and Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Dalmatia : beyond Europe, 
the North of Africa, bordering on the Mediterranean. The African 
specimens are often very much larger than the European. This 
insect is very rapid in its flight, and difficult to take. 
Larva. — Green, head lighter, with four short horii-like appen- 
dages tipped with red. The seventh and ninth segments have 
each a lateral yellow ring centred with bluish green, and 
extending from the second segment to the tail is a yellow lateral 
line. Legs green. 
Pupa rather stout and rounded at the head, green in colour ; 
wing-cases slightly tinged with blue. (From Hubner’s figs.). 
The larva feeds on the strawberry-tree. Arbutus unedo. It is 
found from May to August. PI. XXXVL, 1. 
Genus 2. — APATURA, Fab. 111. Mag. vi. p. 280 (1807) ; 
Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. (1850). 
Doxocampa, Hub. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 49 (1816). 
Characters. — Larva with two cephalic horns. 
Pupa tapering rather strongly towards the head. 
Imago with the hind margin of the fore wings slightly concave. 
Hind wings without tails, but with a dentated margin. In the two 
European species the wings are dark with light bands, and are shot 
with violet in the males. 
The Genus Apatura contains over forty known species ; they 
are all dark coloured and have generally bands of white or light 
colour running across the wings, and spots near the apices of the 
