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AKCHIPPUS. Ddnais archippus. 



in preference to the wooded sides of the mountains, and are found in greatest plenty at a 

 considerable elevation. 



The color of the Bugong is dark brown, with two black eye-like spots on the upper wings. 

 The body is rather stout, filled with a yellow, oily substance, and covered with down. It is 

 not a large insect, the spread of wing averaging an inch and a half. 



WE now arrive at another family, of which the ARCHIPPUS affords a good example of the 

 typical genus. This fine insect measures about four inches and a quarter between the points 

 of the outspread wings, of which the entire contour is 

 bold and sweeping. There is but little diversity of 

 coloring in this butterfly ; rich chestnut striped and 

 streaked with black being the ground tint, and re- 

 lieved round the edges with white spots, arranged in 

 a rather irregular double series. The under surface 

 presents similar hues, but of a paler cast. The head, 

 thorax, and abdomen are deep, velvety-black, decorated 

 with small spots of snowy-white. 



THE large and important family of the Nymph- 

 alidse contains a vast number of species, most of 

 which are notable for their brilliant coloring, and 

 many of which are well-known natives of Europe. 

 These insects are, indeed, so numerous, that only a 

 very slight sketch can be given of them. 



The large and boldly-marked insect in the lower 

 left-hand corner of the engraving at top of next page is 

 the DIDO, a native of Brazil and Guiana, and is here 

 represented of the natural size. The ground color of its 



wings is blackish -brown, and all the lighter parts are soft, leafy -green, with a slight pearly gloss. 

 On the under surface, the ground color is chocolate, the green, marks are much paler, and rather 

 more opalescent than on the upper surface, and are edged with silvery -white. There are, besides, 

 several bands of the same delicate hue on various parts of the wings. The caterpillar of this 

 insect is green, diversified with a red and white stripe on each side of the body, and covered 

 with several rows of short spines, besides two rather long appendages to the tail. 



The uppermost figure in the same engraving on next page represents the THYODAMAS, an 

 insect marked in a very unique fashion. Having a ground color of grayish-white, the whole 

 surface is scribbled over with lines and streaks of brown, differing greatly in width, some being 

 fine, as if traced with a crow-quill, and others broad and decided, as if drawn with a brush. 

 Along the edges of the wings are a few double lines of rusty -brown. The under side of both 

 wings is much paler, and the markings are finer and farther apart. 



The right-hand upper figure is an example of the genus Marpesia, and is remarkable for 

 the bold contour of wing, and the elongated tail with which it is decorated. The color of the 

 THETIS is by no means various, but has, nevertheless, a decided and pleasing effect. The upper 

 surface is uniform ruddy chestnut, over which are drawn several narrow stripes that traverse 

 nearly the entire wings, passing from the edge of the upper pair to the extremity of the lower. 

 From the lower margin of each under- wing start two projections, or tails, one being rather 

 short, and the other very long, narrow, and slightly enlarged at the tips. The under side is 

 pale rusty-red, with a very slight gloss of blue when seen in certain lights. 



The last figure in this illustration represents the Agraulis moneta, an insect that closely 

 resembles the well-known Adippe Fritillary of England, save that the color is deeper, and 

 the metallic spots of the under surface larger and brighter. The upper surface of this 

 handsome insect is rich ruddy chestnut, and on the under side of the wings are a number of 

 large spots which shine as if they had been plated with silver, and then carefully burnished. 

 It is necessarily impossible to represent this peculiar metallic lustre in a simple engraving, but 



