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clearly. They have quite a glassy appearance, with the slightest 

 possible haziness about them. The only markings are a couple 

 of eye-like spots, one near the tip of each hind wing. The outer 

 ring of the eye is greyish black, then comes a ring of white. 

 Inside the white is an oval patch of black, and in the centre of 

 the black is a tiny spot of white. The wings are edged with a 

 very narrow band of brown. 



There are many species of Callitaera, all much resembling 

 each other, and all natives of tropical America. Some of them 

 have the wings covered with most delicate pencillings and 

 mottlings of light brown, and all of them have the eye-like 

 spot on the lower wings. 



Another group of Butterflies, the Morphina:, will be repre- 

 sented by one example, Drusilla mylcecha. This insect is a 

 native of Louisiade, one of the Solomon group. 



Pig. 334.— Drusilla mylsecha. 

 (White above ; four large eyes below ) 



The colouring of the Butterfly is very remarkable. The upper 

 surface is perfectly white, except a narrow black edging to the 



