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base ; antenna often filiform. This division is 

 subdivided into 1. Trojans, which are general- 

 ly black, with sanguineous spots on the breast: 

 2. Greeks, which have an ocellate spot at the 

 angle of the tail, and no sanguineous spots on 

 the breast. 

 See MS. P. 



2. Div. HALICONII, wings narrow, entire, often 

 naked or semi-transparent ; upper ones oblong, 

 lower ones short. 



See MS. P. 



3. Div. DANAI, wings very entire. This divis- 

 ion is subdivided into 1. Candidi, with whitish 

 wings : 2. Festivi, with variegated wings. 



\See MS. P. 



4. Div. NYMPHALES, wings denticulate. This 

 division is subdivided into 1. Gemmata, having 

 wings with ocellate spots : 2. Phalerati, having 

 wings without ocellate spots. 



See MS. P. 



5. Div. PLEBEII, small; the larva often comtract- 

 ed. This division is subdivided into 1. Rurales, 

 having wings with obscure spots ; 2. Urbicolse, 

 having wings mostly with transparent spots. 



See MS. P. 



Remarks. Not only the sections and subsec- 

 tions, have historical names, but the genera are 

 named upon the same plan. Those which fall 

 under the subsection, Trojans, for example, have 

 Trojan names ; under Greeks, Grecian names, 

 A vast and beautiful genus. 



2 2. PARADISEA. Spec. 12. 

 spoda. (paradise bird,) chesnut ; neck gold-green 



