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from the same point to the base. Some of this 

 division have filiform or sharpened antennae*, in. 

 which particular they resemble Moths, but may 

 generally be very clearly distinguished by their 

 habit or general shape. The Equites are either 

 Trees or Trojans, distinguished by having red 

 or blood-coloured spots or patches on each side 

 their breasts, or Ackivi, Greeks, without red marks 

 on the breast, of gayer colours in general than 

 the former, and often having an eye-shaped spot 

 at the inner corner of the lower wings. 



The next division consists of the Heliconil. 

 These are distinguished by the narrowness of their 

 wings, which are also, in general, of a more trans- 

 parent appearance than in the other divisions ; 

 their upper wings are also generally much more 

 oblong than the lower, which are short in propor- 

 tion. 



The third division consists of the Danai, (from 

 the sons and daughters of Danaus.) They are 

 divided into Danai Candidi, or those in which the 

 ground-colour of the wings is generally white, and 

 the Danai Festh'i, in which the ground-colour is 

 never white, and in which a greater variety of 

 colour occurs than in the Candidi. The wings of 

 the Danai are of a somewhat rounder shape than 

 those of the Heliconii, or less stretched out. 



The fourth section consists of the Nymphales, 



'' This part of the generic character is to be received with 

 some limitation, since in the tribe Equites the antennae are 

 slender at the tip itself, though thickened a little before that part. 



