APOLLO. 
Generic Character. 
Antennas commonly thickening towards the end 
into a clavated tip. 
Wings (when at rest) meeting upwards. (Flight 
diurnal.) 
Specific Character , &c. 
Butterfly with white rounded wings, spotted 
with black; the lower pair marked with 
annular red spots. 
L'Alpicola. 
PI. Enl. 68. 
The Red-ring BUTTERFLY. 
This elegant insect is a native of Italy, Germany, 
France, and some other parts of Europe, but is not 
found in the British dominions : the caterpillar is of 
a black colour, spotted with red, and changes into 
a brown chrysalis covered Avith a kind of glaucous 
or rather violet-coloured powder. 
