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The species are chiefly foreign, but are represented 

 in England by the famed Purple Emperor (N. Iris). 

 South America produces some very large species, 

 (Morpho,*) the upper surface of which is of a silvery 

 blue so dazzling in its lustre, that the eye can 

 scarcely bear to look on it in the sun. The under 

 side of these is usually sober brown, adorned with 

 large eye-spots. Contrasting with these, we find 

 the wide-spread and numerous Browns (Satt/rus^) 

 of our woods and meadows, whose dull hues show 

 little variety. In this large division, the first pair 

 of legs are short, hairy, and not used for walking ; 

 the pupcB are suspended from the tail alone. 



Another division includes the beautiful little Cop- 

 pers (Lyccena'f) and Blues, (Polyommatus,) the for- 

 mer marked by fiery red, with a metallic glow ; the 

 latter by an equally brilliant azure. And the last 

 section contains some species, often called Skippers, 

 (Hesperia^ of heavy form, small size, and dull co- 

 lours, which in the form of the antennae and other 

 points approach the Hawkmoths. But some fine 

 foreign Butterflies (Urania 9 ^) of this division, while 

 they are evidently allied to the Moths in important 

 respects, show in their large size, the form of their 

 wings, which are tailed, their bright colours, and 

 the arrangement of these in transverse bands, a 



j, morphe, beauty. 

 t A fabled wood-demon. J A^JJ, fyfe, light. 



n<jA.i/?, polys, many, and a^ara, ommata^ eyes. 

 || w E<rTSfl,-, hesperos, evening. ^J One of the Muses. 



