
194 THE INSECT WORLD. 
make those who only seek to terrify themselves, and to see prodi- 
gies in everything, believe that during the night it had rained 
blood.” 
In the family of Nymphalide, we will first mention the White 
Admiral (Fig. 166). | The upper side of its wings is of a dark 
brown, almost black, traversed in the middle by a white band 
divided into spots very close 
to each other. The lower 
part of the wings is ferru- 
ginous, with a band and 
spots of white, as on the 
upper, besides which it has 
a double hinder  trans- 
verse row of black dots. 
These dots are followed on 
the hind wings by some 
white spots, and the whole of the inner margin is of a glossy ashy 
blue, with the base spotted with black. This butterfly is not rare 

Fig. 166.—White Admiral (Limenitis sibilla). 
























































































Fig. 167.—Limenitis camilla. 
in the month of July in woods in the south of England, where it 
flies round and settles upon the branches of the underwood. The 
caterpillar is of a delicate green, with a lateral white stripe, and 

