ARRANGEMENT OF THE PAPILIONID^. 



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at least, with any reference to their complete circular 

 affinities. We shall not, therefore, at present, offer any 

 other opinion as to their true affinities, than that which we 

 formerly intimated; namely, that the old genera Papilio, 

 Pieris, Colias, and Dorites followed each other in a na- 

 tural order : but analysis has brought to light another 

 group, which we were the first to characterise, under the 

 name of Licinia (^Licinia Amphione,jig. 3.) : it repre- 



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sents the Heliconirue, and is unquestionably connected 

 to Colias. LatreUle has mistaken the type of this genus 

 for a Heliconia, in which he has been followed by Dr. 

 Horsfield, who cites the larva, of which the only repre- 

 sentation is that in Stoll. The general sketch of these 

 groups, which will now follow, is sufficient for our pre- 

 sent purpose: they are composed of — 1. thePapilionincE, 

 or true butterflies ; 2. the Pierince, or whites ; 3. the 

 ColiancB, or yellows ; 4. the Lyccenince, or large under- 

 wings ; and, 5. the ParnassincB, or ApoUo butterflies. 



(78.) The Paj9i/ionm« are generally termed swallow- 

 tails, from the lower wings being dilated into twospatulate 

 lengthened lobes ; but this form is by no means general, 

 since near one third of the species have the lower wings 

 rounded. They comprise some of the largest lepido- 

 pterous insects, and are at once known by the extreme 

 shortness of their palpi ; these parts, in fact, are so 



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