THE WHITE ADMIRAL 
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The White Admiral (Female ab. nigrina, 
New Forest, 11.7.1919, F.W.F. coll.) 
measures from 25*4 mm. to 
28*6 mm. in length. The 
first segment is dispropor¬ 
tionately small and the 
second and third are larger 
than the remainder. The 
second, third and fifth seg¬ 
ments have each a pair of 
long sub-dorsal tubercles, 
usually of a coppery-red 
colour, but varying from 
yellow to dull purplish-red. 
They bear numerous spines 
varying in length, some are merely whitish points; the 
terminal ones are long with black points. Very much smaller, 
but similarly formed, tubercles are on the sixth, seventh, eighth 
and ninth segments; those on the tenth and eleventh 
segments are much longer, and those on the anal segment 
are reduced to four green and black spines. Above each 
spiracle is a minute greenish-white tubercle and a larger 
yellow one below. The body is sprinkled with tiny white 
points, producing a rather rough granular appearance. The 
head is pinkish-brown, pitted and blotched with dark purplish- 
brown and covered with white points and spines, the longest 
with black tips. The crown is cleft and is larger than the 
first segment. 
The ground colour is green, with a white, dilated lateral 
stripe commencing on 
the fourth segment, 
where it is yellowish 
and also yellowish pos¬ 
teriorly ; it is bordered 
below by a rich purplish 
band sprinkled with 
white spines. The 
claspers are pale green¬ 
ish-white and the feet 
pinkish ; the legs are 
The White Admiral ( Female ab. nigrina, ochreous and black at 
New Forest, 15.7.1919, F.W.F. coll.) the base. 
