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76 CAMBERWELL BEAUTY.
The caterpillar feeds on the willow and birch, and is said to
be found on the topmost branches.
This butterfly varies in the expanse of its wings from a
little under three inches to three inches and a half. The fore
wings are of a fine dark rich claret-colour, margined with dull
white, or yellowish. Inside the margin is a row of blue spots,
on a velvet black ground. The hind wings are of the same
dark claret ground colour.
Underneath, the wings are ash brown, with a great many
slender transverse black lines; the white margin and spots shew
through, as do the bar and the blue spots, but only faintly, if
at all.
The caterpillar is gregarious, black in colour, with spots on
the back, and some of the legs of a red colour.
The chrysalis is dull black, with fulvous spots, and dentated
in appearance.
The engraving is from a specimen in my own collection.