186 BUTTERFLIES. 



on the under side it is entirely brown, with 

 numerous deeper and lighter undulations, 

 and three large ocellated spots on each wing. 

 This fly is a native of South America. 



The Apollo is also a beautiful insects 

 somewhat larger than our great Cabbage 

 Butterfly : it inhabits Europe, and has been 

 occasionally found in our own gardens. It 

 is furnished with tentacles, silky, black, with 

 two red dots on the segment on each side. 



The Peacock Butterfly is likewise an 

 elegant insect, with angular indented wings, 

 spotted with black, and a large blue eye in 

 each. It is dotted behind with green and 

 gold spots, and is a native of England. 



We shall now present our readers with a 

 few descriptions in verse of this beautiful 

 Insect, by several of our British poets. 



The Birth of the Butterfly. 



When, bursting forth to life and light, 

 The offspring of enraptured May, 



The Butterfly, on pinions bright, 



Launched in full splendour on the da>. 



