INSECTA. 409 
Note.—Here, it would seem, ought to be placed the anomalous 
genus Barbicornis Gopart, with setaceous, ciliated antenne, uniting 
the Uranie with the Erycinw and Polyommati. See fig. in CuviEr 
R. Ani. éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 148, fig. 4. 
If. Third or last joint of labial palps in some distinct, beset 
with scales like the rest, in others small, subindistinct. Claws of 
tarsi distinct. Caterpillars oblong, cylindrical. Pupa mostly angu- 
late, anteriorly bimucronate, or acuminate. 
a) Hexapoda. Six ambulatory feet, nearly similar in both 
sexes. Chrysalis tied posteriorly and by a transverse string. Cen- 
tral cell of posterior wings always closed. (Species of the Succincti 
Borspvv.) 
Papilio nob. (Papiliones Equites and Heliconit L., exclusive of 
some species.) Posterior wings scolloped in the inner margin, not 
covering the abdomen below. Anterior tibize furnished beneath, 
with a spine in the middle. 
Sub-genera : Leptocircus Swainson, Papilio Fasr., Lartr., (Teino- 
palpus Horx, Ornithoptera Botspuvat, Dousepay, Papilio Bors- 
buv.), Hurycus Borsp. (Cressida Swainson), Parnassius Late. 
Thais Fasr. 
Sp. Pap. Machaon L. Rasen, Ins. I., Pap. diurn. Cl. 1. Tab. 1. ; SEPP, 
Nederl. Ins. 1. 2e Stuk, Tab. 11.; the queen-page; the tips of the outspread 
upper wings 4” apart; the largest domestic species of day-butterfly ; the 
wings yellow with black veinures, the fore-wings at the base black; the 
hind-wings tailed, with a margin of blue, half round spots on a black band, 
and a red eye-spot bordered with blue and black at the inner side. The 
green caterpillar has black rings with orange spots, and lives on the leaves 
of carrots (Daucus Carota, &c.) The genus of the Knights butterflies 
belongs especially to warm countries, the East and West Indies, 
Pieris nob. (Species of genus Pierds ScHRANK). Anterior tibiee 
without middle spine. Posterior wings caniculate on inner margin, 
receiving the abdomen beneath. (Wings mostly rotundate, in 
many yellow or white or variegated with orange and yellow). 
Sub-genera: Luterpe Swains., Leptalis Datman, Leucophasia 
SrepHeEns, Pontia Borspvv., Dovustepay, Pieris Borspuy., Dousi- 
DAY, Zegris Rameur, Nathalis Borspuv., Anthocharis Botspvyv., 
Idmais Boispvuv., Thestias Boispuv., Eronia Huesn., Doustepay, 
Callidryas Boispuv., Dousiep., Gonepterye Luacu, Dousten., (Lhab- 
doceraw Boispvv.), Colias Borspuy., Terias Swains., Borspvuv. 
