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TRUE TALES OF THE INSECTS. 



Fig. 38. — Urania boisduvalii, green and 

 velvety black, from Cuba. 



It attains an 

 expansion of 

 wing of from 

 four to four and 

 a half inches, 

 with an undu- 

 lated rim, the 

 hollows of 

 which are more or 

 less sparsely tipped 

 with white ; other- 

 wise its colours are 

 velvety black and 

 green. While the 

 black of the superior 

 pair of wings is relieved 

 with golden green trans- 

 verse lines, and their under 

 side is nearly all black, 

 with transverse lines of a 

 bluish green, on the black 

 of the inferior winors we 

 note a longitudinal broad 

 discal green band, a mark 

 easily distinguishing this 

 beautiful species from all 

 its congeners. Its head is 

 small and black, having a 



