378 



(Erea&trg at $atttral 



, May and beginning of August. Its wings 

 I above are milk-white, with a dusky rounded 

 I spot at the tip of the anterior, and the base 



sprinkled with dusky ; beneath, the tip and 

 I base are yellowish tipped with green : the 

 1 posterior wings are faintly tinged with yellow 

 | and sprinkled with dusky clouds : bodycine- 

 I reous above, white beneath ; antennas white, 

 j with black rings. In the female the wings 

 j are more rounded. Caterpillar green, with 

 i a deep yellow lateral line : it feeds on the 



lotus corniculatus. The Chrysalis is fusiform; 



greenish with a yellow streak on the sides, 



and white spots on the stigmata. 

 I LEUCOSIADJ3. A family of Decapod 

 [ Crustacea, containing many fine round por- 

 ; cellane exotic crabs ; the genus Ebalia of 

 I the British seas belongs to this family. 



! LEVERET. The young of the Hare 

 I during the first year of its age. 



LIBELLULA : LIBELLFLIDJE. A 



genus and family of Neuropterous insects ; 



the distinguishing characters of which are : 



that the mouth is furnished with jaws ; that 

 ! the antennas are shorter than the thorax ; 

 } that the wings are extended ; and that the 



tail is terminated by a kind of forceps. [See 



I DlZAGON-FLY : PjiTALUKA.] 



A gen 

 Holla 



: found in New Holland : it contains the 

 I LICMETIS NASICUS, or LONG-BILLED COCK- 

 ATOO. This species of the Psittacidce or 

 Parrot tribe, like the common Cacatua 

 galcrita, assembles in large flocks and spends 

 much of its time on the ground, where it 

 grubs up the roots of orchids and other 

 bulbous plants, upon which it irminly sub- 

 I sists. It not unfrequently makes inroads to 

 the newly-sown fields of corn, where its at- 

 tacks are most destructive. In confinement 

 I they appear dull and morose, and show a 

 ! very irritable temper. The general plumage 

 j is white, washed with pale brimstone-yellow 

 j on the under surface of the wing, and with 

 ! bright brimstone-yellow on the under sur- 

 I face of the tail ; line across the forehead and 

 lores scarlet ; the feathers of the head, neck, 

 and breast are also scarlet at the base, show- 

 ing through the white, particularly on the 

 breast ; ifides light brown ; bill white ; 

 naked skin round the eye greenish blue ; 

 legs and feet dull olive gray. The sexes 

 are alike in size and colour. The female de- 

 posits two white eggs on a layer of rotten 

 wood at the bottom of holes in the larger gum 

 trees. 



LIMA. A genus of Conchifera, inhabiting 

 a longitudinal shell, almost always white, 

 nearly equivalve, obliquely fan-shaped, and 

 slightly eared ; valves gaping near the bosses, 

 which are distant ; hinge with a triangular 

 disc between the umbones, divided in the 

 centre by a triangular ligamentary pit, with- 

 out teeth. The animal makes use of the 

 valves of his shell as natatory organs, work- 

 ing them like fins or paddles, and by this 

 means proceeding at a rapid rate through 

 the water. Two or three species are found 

 on our coasts, and fossil species occurring in 

 lias, inferior oolite, &c. 



LIMACINA. A genus of Mollusca be- 

 longing to the order 1'teropoda. It inhabits 

 the northern seas ; and is said to be devoured 

 by whales in vast quantities. The shell is 



thin, fragile, papyraceous, spiral, and ob- 

 liquely convolute ; spiral side rather pro- 

 minent, the other side uinbilicated ; aperture 

 large. The body of the animal is long ; and 

 it can retire completely into its shell. 



LIMAX : LIMACIN2E. A genus and 

 family of voracious naked Molluscs, com- 

 monly called Slugs. In most of the terres- 

 trial species of this order there is a prominent 

 head, with four retractile tentacula ; and at 

 the end of the longest pair the eyes are situ- 

 ated. Tlie figure of the Limax is oblong, 

 approaching to cylindric. On the back there 

 is a kind of shield or disc, formed by the 

 mantle; and this shield covers the pulmonary 

 sac, the orifice of which is on the right side. 

 They are diffused throughout all climates, 

 particular species being restricted to each ; 

 and they are every where regarded as inve- 

 terate destroyers of garden produce. [See 

 SLOG.] 



LIMENITIS. A genus of Butterflies, one 

 species of which is found in this country. 



LIMENITIS CAMILLA ; or HONEYSUCKLE 

 BUTTERFLY. This somewhat rare species, 

 which on the Continent is known as SyhiUa, 

 is noted for the graceful elegance with which 

 it floats along with outstretched wing. Its 

 general colour is a dark brown, spotted 

 with black, the anterior wings having a 

 curved central white band, intersected with 

 black veins, a grayish crescent and three or 

 four small white dots ; the posterior wings 

 are very similar, but tlie white band in the 



centre is oblique and straight ; between the 

 fascia and the margin is a double parallel 

 series of obscure black spots : beneath, the 

 anterior wings are brown, clouded with ful- 

 vous, and there are several white spots : the 

 posterior wings at the base are a mixture of 

 tawny-orange and bluish-gray, with several 

 black zig-zag lines and dots ; then brownish 



