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  connection. 
  In 
  some 
  species, 
  e.<i., 
  M. 
  fti/llinn, 
  spot 
  iii 
  occasionally 
  

   appears 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  titlwnus. 
  The 
  spotting 
  of 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  

   hindwings 
  of 
  Paranje 
  is 
  also 
  essentially, 
  though 
  far 
  less 
  con- 
  

   spicuously, 
  Epinephelid. 
  This 
  is 
  very 
  clearly 
  seen 
  in 
  P. 
  achine, 
  but 
  

   the 
  break 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  in 
  other 
  species 
  also. 
  P. 
  mejjera, 
  

   which 
  is 
  exhibited, 
  shows 
  up 
  this 
  point 
  (see 
  Plate 
  I.) 
  ; 
  P. 
  maera 
  and 
  

   P. 
  /lie 
  ra 
  are 
  so 
  identical 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  thought 
  

   it 
  worth 
  while 
  to 
  show 
  them. 
  The 
  spotting 
  of 
  P. 
  afgeria 
  is 
  generally 
  

   difficult 
  to 
  see, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  example 
  shown 
  the 
  scheme 
  is 
  fairly 
  easy 
  

   to 
  trace. 
  Apliantopits 
  hyperantKn, 
  which 
  bears 
  a 
  resemblance 
  to 
  

   C. 
  (cdiptis, 
  and 
  is 
  generally 
  regarded 
  as 
  a 
  Crenonymphid, 
  verges 
  more 
  

   towards 
  the 
  Epinephelid 
  scheme, 
  and 
  towards 
  the 
  Epinephelid 
  rather 
  

   than 
  the 
  Parargid 
  form 
  of 
  it 
  ; 
  the 
  8rd 
  spot, 
  when 
  it 
  occurs, 
  being 
  

   connected 
  with 
  i 
  and 
  ii, 
  as 
  in 
  Kpinephele 
  (when 
  not 
  completely 
  

   isolated), 
  and 
  not 
  with 
  iv, 
  v, 
  vi, 
  as 
  in 
  Pararge. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  laying 
  too 
  great 
  stress 
  on 
  mere 
  wing- 
  

   markings, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  Ehopalocera 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  hindwing 
  

   is 
  the 
  part 
  chiefly 
  exposed 
  when 
  at 
  rest, 
  and 
  its 
  colouring, 
  

   and 
  yet 
  more 
  its 
  pattern, 
  is 
  often 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  literally 
  vital 
  

   importance 
  to 
  the 
  insect. 
  Again, 
  pattern, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  

   matter 
  of 
  spots, 
  is 
  closely 
  connected 
  with 
  neuration, 
  and 
  further, 
  

   the 
  points 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  urging 
  this 
  evening 
  depend 
  not 
  on 
  

   superficial 
  resemblance, 
  but 
  on 
  essential 
  derivation. 
  I 
  may 
  

   add 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  pressed 
  any, 
  and 
  indeed 
  have 
  only 
  alluded 
  

   to 
  some, 
  of 
  the 
  conclusions 
  I 
  am 
  myself 
  inclined 
  to 
  draw 
  from 
  the 
  

   facts 
  here 
  set 
  forth, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  satisfied 
  merely 
  to 
  suggest 
  aline 
  

   of 
  investigation 
  from 
  which 
  1 
  think 
  more 
  important 
  information 
  

   may 
  be 
  obtained 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  phylogeny 
  than 
  is 
  usually 
  supposed 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  [Note. 
  — 
  An 
  accident 
  unfortunately 
  occurred 
  to 
  the 
  specimen 
  of 
  

   E. 
  jiirtina 
  exhihiiedi, 
  which 
  rendered 
  it 
  unavailable 
  for 
  the 
  plate, 
  

   and 
  the 
  specimen 
  figured 
  does 
  not 
  show 
  the 
  dark 
  shade 
  at 
  the 
  

   costa 
  separating 
  the 
  two 
  light 
  portions, 
  though 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  

   the 
  spots 
  is 
  characteristic. 
  The 
  spotting 
  of 
  K. 
  pasipliar 
  in 
  Plate 
  I. 
  

   and 
  the 
  break 
  in 
  the 
  spotting 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  figure 
  of 
  K. 
  jiavofasciata 
  

   in 
  Plate 
  II. 
  do 
  not 
  come 
  out 
  very 
  distinctly, 
  but 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  

   clear 
  under 
  a 
  hand-glass. 
  — 
  G.W.] 
  

  

  