INSECTS. 





ment I experienced when I at length captured it. On taking it oul of my 

 net and opening the glorious wings, my heart began to beat violently, the 

 blood rushed to my head, and I felt more like fainting than I have done 

 when in apprehension of immediate death. I had a headache the • 

 the day, so great was the excitement produced by what will appear to 

 most people a very inadequate cause." 



Fig. 278. — Exotic butterflies: right, bird-wing (Ornilhoptera amphrysus), with larva and chrysa 



calliper-butterfly (Leptucercus curtus). 



In the same cut with our figure of a bird-winged butterfly, is another 

 form with the hind wings prolonged into extremely long tails. 

 ture has given rise to its scientific name — it has no commcta name — 

 Leptocercus, slender-tailed. It is an East Indian genus, and Mr. Foi 

 found a species in Sumatra which mimics the dragon-fly in thi 1 

 curious manner. "It flits over the top of the water, fluttering its tail, 

 jerking up and down just as dragon-flies do when flecking the water wn 



