108 LECTURE IX. 



Trojan division one of the most magnificent is 

 the Papillo Priamus or great black and green Am- 

 boina Butterfly ; and of the Greek division the 

 European species called Papilio Machaon or Swal- 

 low-tailed Butterfly may serve as an example. 



The remaining sections of the Butterfly tribe 

 are distributed according to rules equally inge- 

 nious, and by which the student in Entomology is 

 in general enabled to refer each to its proper divi- 

 sion; but I shall not at present particularize these, 

 but shall proceed to the genus Sphinx. This 

 genus is distinguished by the slightly angular or 

 prismatic form of the antennae or horns, which are 

 generally short in proportion to the animal; and 

 by a peculiar thickness of the body, which in 

 most terminates in a point. The name of Sphinx 

 is applied to this genus from the favourite posture 

 often assumed by the Caterpillars of many species; 

 which have a habit of slightly raising the fore-part 

 of their body in such a manner as to bear some re- 

 semblance to the figure of the Egyptian Sphinx. 

 In this genus are many insects of great beauty and 

 elegance ; particularly among the exotic species. 

 Most of their Caterpillars undergo their change 

 into chrysalis at a considerable depth beneath the 





