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running down the middle. 
It is found in July 

Fig. 158.—Large Tortoise-shell Buttertly (Vanessa polychloros). 
and September on the oak, the elm, the willow, and many fruit 
trees. 



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Fig. 159.—Larva and pupa of the large Tortoise-shell ( Vanessa polychloros). 
The larva (Fig. 159) is bluish or brownish, with an orange- 
coloured lateral line, bristling with yellowish hairs. The chrysalis, 
which is angular, and of a red tint, is ornamented with golden 
metallic spots. 
We give here a drawing of the small Tortoise-shell (Vanessa 
urtice, Fig. 160), which resembles the preceding, but is smaller. 
Its caterpillar, bristly, blackish, with four yellowish lines, lives in 
companies on the nettle. 
The Peacock butterfly (Vanessa Io, 
Fig. 161) is very easily recognised by the peacock’s eyes to the 

