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FOSSIL BUTTERFLIES. 



given at a meeting of the Entomological Society of London, and which alter\vard 



appeared as follows in their Proceedings : l 



"Mr. Butler exhibited a remarkably perfect impression of the wing of a fossil 



butterfly in the Stouesfield slate. It appeared to be most nearly allied to the now 



existing South American genus Caligo." 



A full description of this insect soon appeared in the author's "Lepidoptera 



Ivvotica," accompanied by a plate; both were afterward republished in the "Geologi- 

 cal Magazine." In fig. 4 AVC reproduce fig. 1 

 of his plates, representing the neuration of 

 Palseontina; and in fig. 5, fig. 2 of his plates, 

 subsequently copied by ''The Graphic." A 

 description of the genus and species is first 

 given, which it is unnecessary to reproduce 

 here; afterward, the following remarks: 



"[120] Though a British insect, this 

 species belongs to a group so completely 



tropical that I do not hesitate to describe and figure it in the present work; 



Fig. 4. 



Pala'nntinu nolitica Bull. 

 Tlu> neuration. ;ifter Butler's first sketch. 



Fit:. .1. 

 r:il:i<nnlin:i onlitic.'i Hull. l-'.-ic-simile of Bulli-r's first sketch. 



its nearest allies are the genera Caligo, Dasyophthalina and Brassolis, all three 

 essentially tropical American genera. 



" J\ nol!l!ca is i-sjieeially interesting, as being the oldest fossil butterfly vet dis- 



1872. xxxi. 



