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wood, Arcana Ent. t. 55, f. 3. E. Doubledaij, List 

 Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. 1, 2^- ^ 5 JDiurnal Lep. p. 15, 

 n. 122. G. B. Gray, Gat. Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. I. 

 p. 31, 01. 144 ; id. List Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. I. p. 41. 



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Remarks on the Chilognathiform, or Juliform, Stirps. 



For the description of the larva and pupa of this Stirps, I refer the 

 reader to the 12th page of the Introductory Remarks. 



The Imago, or perfect insect, exhibits in the typical group the 

 most perfect production of the whole order. The beauty of many of 

 the large Papiliones is a subject of universal admiration : several of 

 them are unrivalled in form and colouring. 



Linnaeus divides the genus Papilio into several phalanges. The 

 first in order of these phalanges are designated Noliles, the last 

 Pleheii. The former of these, the Equites, is subdivided into — a, 

 Trees, and h, AcTiivi. In these groups he perpetuates in Entomology, 

 by a beautiful allegorical comparison, the names of the most distin- 

 guished heroes of Homer's Iliad, besides many other names re- 

 nowned in ancient history. 



Of the character of the goings no description can be given which 

 would apply to the whole stirps. In the Pieridse, the anterior wings 

 are in general triangular, and the posterior wings short and obtuse. 

 In the typical group, Papilio, the posterior wings are slightly falcate 

 on the inner-margin, to give a free passage to the body. In many 

 cases they are provided with tails, which are spatulate or contracted 

 at the base. The Pap. Machaon, swallow-tail, is an example of this 

 division. 



The palpi, which in the Vermiform stirps are long, slender, and 

 projecting, are in this stirps diversified in the difierent groups. In 

 the Pieridse they are of moderate length ; and in the genus Terias, a 

 diminution of their size is observed ; in the typical group, with the 

 exception of the genus Teinopalpus of Hope, they are shorter than 

 the head, closely applied to it, and, in the true Papiliones, never 

 exserted. 



