654 



INSECTS ABROAD. 



hornets, wasps, gnats, and other insects ; the resemblance ex- 

 tending to their habits and even their movements, as well as to 

 shape and colour. The family of Pericopidte, which belongs to 

 the great group of Bombycidae, is remarkable for the closeness 

 with which its members imitate the Heliconias, just as the 

 Uranias imitate the tailed Papilios. They are all West Tndian 

 insects. 



Fig. SSS. — Pi'ricoi'is nnsul jsa. 

 (Deep brown and yellow.) 



The species which is here figured is a native of Venezuela, 

 and, as will be seen, resembles the Heliconias in colour as 

 well as in form. The ground colour of the wings is very dark 

 blackish brown, with a dash of chocolate in it. The lighter 

 portions of the wings are warm chestnut, with the exception of 

 the spots at the tip of the upper wings, the bar and spot which 

 immediately follow, and the upper part of the bar that crosses 

 the middle of the wing. All these are bright vellow. 



The insect which comes next on our list was taken at 

 Waigiou, an island of the Eastern Archipelago, and is one of 

 the species that was brought to England by Mr. Wallace. 



