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NYMPHALlD.il. 
1)etween these a row of four or five spots which have no tencleiic}^ 
to form a continuous band. Hind wings with a centrai row of 
iarge white spots, in most specimens coaiescing to form a broad 
white hand. Under side brown, with a bright burnt sienna or 
iigiit red tinge on the costa and at the apices of the fore wings. 
The hind wings have two rows of roundish spots of this coiour 
running paraiiei to the hind margin, and between them is a row 
of hiack dots ; the base is Inoadiy liiac-biue. Aii the white 
markings of the upper side are visibie beneath. The head, thorax, 
and abdomen are hiack above and biuish white beneath. Antennae 
biack, except at the extreme tips, which are reddish brown. Pi. 
XXXVII., 3. 
Time of Appearance. — June to August. 
Habitat. — Woods and bushy piaces in Southern and Centrai 
Europe, not further north than 51°, Western Asia and Persia. 
Larva. — Green, with green tubercies tipped with red. The 
head, iegs and ventrai surface are red ; the head is covered with 
white dots. It feeds on Loiiicera &c., in Alay. 
Obs. — This species and the next were confounded by some of 
the oider writers, which has ied to Camilla being erroneousiy 
reputed British. 
3. — L. Sibylla, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 781 ; Esp. 14, 2 ; Hub. 
103-5. — Caviiila, Linn. loc. cit. n. 187 ; Esp. 14, 3. 
Expands from 2-0 to 2-25 in., being mnch less variable in size 
than the last. All the wings brownish black ; the margins slightly 
dentate, and the fringes black and white. Fore wings with a very 
indistinct light brown discoidal spot ; the remaining spots have 
much the same arrangement as in Camilla, but show a greater ten- 
dency to form a band ; there is no marginal row of purple dots, but 
there are some faint black ones. The hind wings much resemble 
those of Camilla, but the white band is concave on its outer edge for 
about two-thirds of its length, whilst in Camilla it is straight. 
Under side brown, with a yellowisli or fulvous tinge instead of the 
red colour found in Camilla. The fore wings have a greenish grey 
discoidal spot. The hind wings have a double row of black spots 
