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waves of white or cream colour are more or lefs confpicuous in 
different fpecimens. The lower wings admit likewife of material 
~ yariation in the number as well as magnitude of the black fpots; in 
having more or lefs of the blue fubocellated {pace in the center; or 
in being encircled by a narrow yellow border, an appearance it fome- 
times, though rather rarely, exhibits. 
The Caterpillar is often found in gardens, and feeds on the lettuce, 
nettle, &c; When apprehenfive of danger it rolls itfelf up hike a 
hedgehog. In May it-becomes a pupa, and the latter end of June 
or early in July the Moth is produced. 
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