282 Mr. Children's Abstract of the Characters of 



Genus 4. VANESSA, Fab. 



Cynthia, Fab. Papilio, Schrank. 



Nymphalis, Latr. Hamad ryades, Hiibn. 



Battus et Graphium, Scop. 



Legs, four perfect, gressorial. 



Wings, exterior margin angular ; upper surface spotted ; un- 

 der side with transverse bands ; bands usually blackish- 

 brown or variegated. 



Antenna? capitate. 



Larva sub-lanate, with several longitudinal rows of stiff, bristly 

 hairs, or spines. (The first segment naked, second and 

 third with four, and the rest with six spines.) Head 

 blackish, bifid ; in some species armed with ramose sub- 

 obtuse spines. 



Pupa suspended vertically ; often externally with a brilliant 

 gold or silver hue: head and dorsal segments mucro- 

 nate ; dorsal ridge acuminate. 



Species. Icon. 



A. Wings slightly dentate. 



1. V. Cardui, Lnin Ernst, I. PI. VII. f. 7. a— g. 



2. — Atalanta, Linn. ... Ernst, I. PL VI. f. 6. a — i. 



B. Wings furcate. 



3. V. lo, Linn Ernst, I. PI. II. f. 2. a— f. 



4. — Antiopa, Linn Ernst, I. PL I. f. 1. a — h. 



5. — V. album, Fab. ... Ernst, I. PL LVI. Suppl. II. f. 5. 



a — d. bis. 



6. — Polychloros, Linn. Ernst, I. PL III. f. 3. a — i. 



7. — Xanthomelas, Illig. Ernst, I. PL LV. Suppl. I. f. 3. a. 



b. bis. 



8. — Urticce, Linn Ernst, I. PL IV. f. 4. a— h. 



9. — Triangulum, Fab. Ernst, I. PL V. f. 5. g. h. 



10. — C. album, Linn.... Ernst, I. PL V. f. 5. a— f. 



- F. album, Fab. -I Herbst Schm . Tab . 163 . f . ,. 2 . 

 (var. C. album) ... J ' 



C. Posterior wings slightly acuminate. 



11. V. Prorsa, Linn Ernst, I. PL VIII. f. 8. a— e. 



12. — Levana, Linn Ernst, I. PL VIII. f. 9. a— f. 



Genus 5. LIMEN1TIS, Fab. 

 Neptis, Fab. Papilio, Schrank. 



Nymphalis, Latr. Naiades, Hiibn. 



Battus et Graphium, Scop. 



Legs, anterior pair very small ; second and third perfect, 



gressorial. 



Wings, 



