CLASS I. INSECTA: ORDER 4. LEPIDOPTERA. 



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The Galatea Butterfly, P. Galatea, aEurodean species, called The Half-Mourning Butter fiy, 



has the wings slightly denticulated ; 

 they are of a brownish-yellow, with 

 the base and extremities black, and 

 spotted with white. 



Tliere are many other splendid 

 examples of the beautiful genus Pa- 

 pilio. Of the genus Vanessa the 

 Mourning-Cloak, V, Antiope, is a 

 celebrated species, which seems to 

 be found both in Europe and Amer- 

 ica. Its wings arc of an angular form, 

 of a deep purple color, with a large 

 y yellow band, dotted with blue along 

 the edges. It inhabits woods and 

 meadows during the summer; the 

 caterpillars are black and thorny, 

 and often nearly destroy the foliage 

 They may be easily killed with soap-suds. 



THE HALF-MODRNING BUTTERFLY. 



of birch, elra&, and other ornamental trees. 



THE PEACOCK-BUTTERFLY. 



The Peacock-Butterfly, V. lo, has the edges of the wings denticulated; above they are of a 



reddish-fawn, with a large eye-spot -on each ; those 

 on the superior wings are red, encircled with 

 mingled black and yellow ; those on the inferior 

 ones are blue, with a black circle. It is a splendid 

 European species, inhabiting woods, meadows, 

 and gardens in October. 



Thouffh our butterflies do not rival the more 

 magnificent species of tropical America and of 

 other portions of the torrid zone, we have many 

 species of exceeding beauty. The Troilus But- 

 terfly, Papilio Troilus, is a superb insect, the 

 wings denticulated, black, spotted with yellow, 

 and terminated by a swallow-tail. It lives on 

 spice-wood and sassafraa-trees ; is rare in the Northern States; common in the Southern, and in 



the AVest Indies. The 

 PiiiLENOR, P. Pkileuor, 

 is smaller than the pre- 

 ceding, but resembles it ; 

 found in the Southern 

 States. The Papilio Tur- 

 nus is a large and hand- 

 some species, common in 

 the northern and middle 

 states. Of the genus Va- 

 nessa we have the Ad- 

 miral, V. Atalanta,\v\\\ch. 

 has black velvet-like fore- 

 wings, marked with scar- 

 let and white, and black 

 hind-wings : the Thistle 

 Butterfly, V. cardui, 

 found in Europe as well 

 THE PAPILIO TDRNcs. as Amcrlca, and called 



