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°* PAINTED LADY.<br />
of Switzerland in such vast numbers, that their transit occupied<br />
several hours, in a manner 'mirabile dictu.'<br />
The caterpillar is found in the middle of July.<br />
It feeds on the thistle, (Carduus lanceolatus,) the nettle,<br />
(Urtica dioica,J the mallow, (Malva sylvestrisj and the<br />
artichoke, (Cynara scolymus.J<br />
The wings expand to the width of from two inches and a<br />
quarter to two and three quarters, or a little over. The fore<br />
Avings are brown at the base, the tip blackish, with five white<br />
spots, the largest of Avhich adjoins the front edge, and the four<br />
others—two small ones between two larger, the upper of which<br />
latter also adjoins the front edge—form a curved line, between<br />
which and the margin is a slender interrupted whitish line,<br />
the margin itself being white, indented crescent-Avise. The<br />
rest of these wings is fulvous orange, with a suffusion of pink<br />
more or less extended from the upper inner part, and with<br />
three indented black united spots. The hind wings have the<br />
base and the inner margin brown, the remainder fulvous, with<br />
many black marks arranged in three rows, the inner one forming<br />
a series of round larger and smaller spots, and the outer one<br />
adjoining the margin, which is AA'hitish.<br />
Underneath, the fore wings are marked nearly as above, but<br />
the tawny colour is more diffused; the dark spots are smaller,<br />
and the tip of the Aving is dark stone-colour, instead of black.<br />
The hind wings are mottled in the most charming manner with<br />
pale olive brown, yellowish buff, and Avhite; the veins being<br />
white. Near the hind margin is a row of slender blackish blue<br />
marks, above which are four eyes; the IAVO middle ones being<br />
smaller than the two outer ones, which are encircled with black.<br />
The caterpillar is solitary, of a brown colour, with interrupted<br />
yelloAv lines along the side, and spined.<br />
The chrysalis is broAvn, with ash-coloured lines and golden<br />
spots.<br />
This Butterfly varies considerably both in size and in the<br />
amount and depth of the pink colour on the wings.