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ALDERMAN BUTTERFLY.
PLATE XXV11.
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RED ADMIRAL.
Vanessa atalanta, FABEICIUS. STEPHENS. CURTIS.
" " DUNCAN. WESTWOOD.
Papilio atalanta, LINNAEUS. HAWORTH. LEWIN.
" " DONOVAN. WILKES. ALBIN. HARRIS.
Ammiralis atalanta, BENNIE.
Pyrameis atalanta, HUBNER.
THIS magnificent Butterfly, one of the richest coloured of
.our native species, is met with throughout Europe, and also
in the northern part of the continent of Africa. It is widely
distributed in England, but, according to W P. Cocks, Esq.,
is scarce in the neighbourhood of Falmouth. I have seen
it most abundantly in Worcestershire.
It is frequently to be met with in gardens, being fond of
the flowers of the dahlia and the blossoms of the ivy, and is
a very bold and fearless species, so as to be for the most
part easily approached. A pleasant sight it is to watch it in
your quiet retirement in the country, where, "the world for­
getting, by the world forgot," you can enjoy in tranquillity
the "Thousand and one" beautiful sights in which the Benign
Creator displays such infinite wisdom of Almighty skill.
The perfect insect appears in August, and many individuals
live on to the winter, and then survive until the following
spring, when they again appear, and, though faded from their
former splendid beauty, still shine as welcomely in the eyes
of the entomologist as the sunshine of the returning spring
that calls them out.