Fossil Insects 
cell; the fourth and fifth spring from a common stem which is 
emitted from the third beyond the end of the cell, as the cut shows. 
Early Stages .—We know nothing of 
these. 
This genus, in which are reckoned 
five species, all found in the tropics of 
the New World, is represented by but a 
single species in our fauna, which oc¬ 
curs in southwestern Texas and in Flor¬ 
ida. It is very common in the West 
Indies and Central America. 
(i) Victorina steneles, Linnaeus, 
Plate XXIV, Fig. 6, 6 (The Pearly Mal¬ 
achite). 
This splendid insect is occasionally 
found in southern Florida and the extreme 
southern part of Texas. It is common 
throughout tropical America. Nothing 
has ever been written upon its early F , 0 . , , 3 ._ Neura t ion of the 
Stages. genus Victorina. 
FOSSIL INSECTS 
Investigations within comparatively recent times have led to 
the discovery of a host of fossil insects. A few localities in 
Europe and in North America are rich in such remains, and the 
number of species that have been described amounts to several 
thousands. Strangely enough, some of these fossil insects are 
very closely allied in form to species that are living at the present 
time, showing the extreme antiquity of many of our genera. One 
of the comparatively recent discoveries has been the fossil remains 
of a butterfly which Dr. Scudder, who has described it, declares 
to be very near to the African Li by the a labdaca , which differs in 
certain minor anatomical respects from the American Libytheas 
which are figured in this work; and Dr. Scudder has therefore pro¬ 
posed a new generic name, Dichora , meaning “ an inhabitant of 
two lands,” which he applies to the African species because 
related to the extinct American butterfly. The strange dis¬ 
coveries, which have been made by palaeontologists as to the 
huge character of many of the mammals, birds, and reptiles 
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