THYODAMAS. Cyrestis Thyddamus. 

 DITtO.CetMsia Dido 



T H KTI S. Marptsia Thflii 

 AgrLulis monc'a. 



The uppermost figure in the same engraving represents the THYODAMAS, an insect 

 marked in a very unique fashion. Having a ground colour of greyish white, the whole 

 surface is scribbled over with lines and streaks of brown, differing greatly in width, some 

 being fine as if traced with a crowquill, and others broad and decided as if drawn with a 

 brush. Along the edges of the wings are a few double lines of rusty brown. The under 

 side of both wings is much paler, and the markings are finer and farther apart. 



The right-hand upper figure is an example of the genus Marpesia, and is remarkable 

 for the bold contour of wing, and the elongated tail with which it is decorated. The 

 colour of the THETIS is by no means various, but has, nevertheless, a decided and pleasing 

 effect. The upper surface is uniform ruddy chestnut, over which are drawn several 

 narrow stripes that traverse nearly the entire wings, passing from the edge of the 

 upper pair, to the extremity of the lower. From the lower margin of each under wing 

 start two projections or tails, one being rather short, and the other very long, narrow, and 

 slightly enlarged at the tips. The under side is pale rusty red, with a very slight gloss of 

 blue when seen in certain lights. 



The last figure in this illustration represents the Agraulis moneta, an insect that 

 closely resembles the well known Adippe Fritillary of our own island, save that the colour 

 is deeper, and the metallic spots of the under surface larger and brighter. The upper 

 surface of this handsome insect is rich ruddy chestnut, and on the under side of the wings 

 are a number of large spots which shine as if they had been plated with silver, and then 

 carefully burnished. It is necessarily impossible to represent this peculiar metallic lustre 



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