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INSECTS AT HOME. 



contemporary literature are doubtless familiar with ' Peter 

 Pindar's ' poem on Sir Joseph Banks and the ' Emperor of 

 Morocco,' certainly one of the best of his inimitable witticisms 

 at the expense of science. The present insect is the ' Emperor 

 of Morocco,' who led Sir Joseph such a chase, and left him at 

 last in the hands of an exasperated market-gardener. 



XLII. 



1. Arge Galatliea. 2. Brebia blandina. 3. Apatura Iris. 



a. Apatura, non-walking fore-leg. &. Do., club of antenna. c. Do., larva. 



Its popular name of Purple Emperor is a very appropriate 

 one, at least as far as regards the male insect. The ground 

 colour of the upper wings is brown-black in some lights, but in 

 others is a rich shining purple, this effect being produced by 

 the shape and arrangement of the scales, as can be seen by 

 examining a specimen under the microscope. The light- 

 coloured bands and spots are white, pure white in the male, 

 and yellowish-white in the female. Beneath, the general colour 

 is rust-red, blotched with black, grey, and here and there blue. 



