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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 



THE LEPIDOPTERA WITHOUT HOOKS TO THEIR WI>^GS. 



{Aclialiiwplcra.) 



These Lcpidoptcra are celebrated for the elegance of their 

 shape and brilliant colour. The wings of the butterflies, or 

 diurnal flyers, are usually very large, and very varied in their 



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TERMINAL PARTS OF THE ANTENN.'E IN DIFFERENT GENERA. (Magnified.) 



I. Papilio machaon. 2. Argynnis paphia. 3. Thecla W. album. 4. Hesperia sylvanus. 



outlines. Some have them gracefully rounded off, and others 

 have them prolonged backwards symmetrically. When these 

 insects are at rest, their wings are set up, so that only their 

 lower surfaces can be seen ; they can hardly walk, and their 

 legs are principally employed to keep the body steady, and 

 to support it. The antennae of all the species are clubbed, 

 and are useful to distincruish the different kinds. 



