and are altogether destitute of nails. The larvae 

 are elongated, and feed on leaves, and the chry- 

 salids are suspended by the tail, with the head 

 towards the earth. For the genus Limenitis, 

 we are indebted to Fabricius; but this learned 

 author has not left us sufficiently obvious charac- 

 ters, by which to distinguish it from his closely 

 allied genus Apatura. We are, in fact, inclined 

 to consider them both as sub-genera, as well as 

 many other of the Fabrician genera of Lepi- 

 doptera. 



LIMENITIS ARTHEMIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Brown-black ; wings indented, with a common 

 white band, and common marginal row of double 

 blue lunules; a series of six ferruginous dots on 

 the posterior wings; venter and lateral line, 

 w^hite. 



PLATE XXIII. 



