GOG 



INSECTA. 



Ill tliL-' folldwiu"- the lower wiii^-s extend bcncatij tiie anaomeii, and form a kinil of Ruttcr for it; their larvae 

 arc (Ir.siiiulc (tf a teuiacle in the neck ; and many of them subsibt on cruciferous plants. Tlieye Lepi(Jo|itera 

 (P'll'iiio DfUK'i fiuiil/iii. Linn.), form two subfjenera, 



I'iiri.s. Srlirank. {I'oiiiin, Fab.), has the palpi snbryli iidric, slit;htly compressed, with the last joint nearly as 

 loiii;- as the preeedin;^-, and the club uf the autenua: ovuid. P. brasakiEy Linn., the Great Garden white 

 Butterlly. ^e. 



C'"//'/.v, Fab,, having- the antenna! clab eloiit^-ate, obeniiic, and tljc palpi very compressed; with tlie la.st joint 

 much shorter than the precedin^^ C. cdasa, and llnalc, Linn., tli<- ChiinJed yelluw Ijtutterfiies, &c. 



The other Uuttertlies of the same division are named TiflrojiOih, iVoni liaving the t^vo fore-letjs 

 very small, and. folded up, and not titted U.ix walking, either in boih :^r.\es, or oidy in the males ; the 

 chrysalis is suspended only by the tail, and hangs with the head dowinvar(U. In some of these, tlie 

 fnre-legs, although small, scarcely differ in form from the hind ones ; the hind wings have the central 

 cell always posteriorly closed ; the palpi arc wide apart, slender and cylindric, and short. All these 

 subgenera are exotic. 



Baiiais (Enp/cra, Fab.), has the wins:s triane^ular, and The antennae terminated by a lon^^ and curved knob. 



Idi:a, Fab., has the wings nearly oval, elongated, witli the antenna nearly tiliform. 



The two following subgenera differ in having the wings more elon^'-ate and narrow, and the abdomen is 

 very loni::. 



}I,in:onin, Ui\i . {Mechanics, Fab.. P. lleliconli, Linii.i, h^s the antennae long and gradually thickened. 



Acro:a, Fab., has them shorter, and suddenly clubbed. 



In the others (P. ni/nijjhalis, Linn.), the two fore-legs are more strongly bent, and either visible and 

 very hairy, or concealed and minute. The hind wing has the central cell open in many, the palpi are 

 longer, and often thicker and close together. 



TlHise \\ idi the pali)i rather compressed, apart in their whole h-m^th, and terminated by a slender joint, [are 

 known under the nauje of Fritillary Buttertlies,] liaving the under-side of the wings ornanientcd with silver, or 

 yellow spots on a buff efi'ound. The caterpillar.-: are very spinose. 



Cet/io^-ia, Fab., has the tarsal ungues simple, and the club of the ante 



■ oblon-. 



F ill., has pearly spots on the under- 

 ^iilc nf [\\v \\ \u'^^ ; the caterpillars are very spinose, 

 with [\\o lun^^er spines on the neck, and the tarsal 

 i: hiw.s are unidentate. 



Mcl/la-a, Fab., has the caterpillars furnished with 

 small villose tubercles ; the wnigs are spotted, the 

 pearl beinp; replaced by yellow. 



Those with the palpi contiguous throu;;]iout their 

 whole length, and grailually pointed ro the tip, and 

 very compressed, couipose tive other sobgenera. 



VniK-sxa^ Fab , are separated from the following 

 by the antenna:! suddenly terminated by a short 

 kniib. The caterpillars are very spinose. [This 

 snl);:viins comprises some of the most beautiful of 

 our iiritisli liiitterflies, such as Papil'io .intiopa, 

 Linn., or the Camberwell lieauty ; Pap. Jo, Linn., the Peacock ; Pap. Cardiii, Linn., the Painted Lady ; Pap. Aia- 

 /('/'/«, Linn., the Red Admiral ; P, Pohichloros,lAnn., the Laige Tortoise-shell; Pap. Urt'iCce,\A\\w., the Small 

 Tortoise-shell; Pap. C. album, the Comma Butterfly], the chrysalis of which last rudely represents a human 

 face, or the mask of a satyr. 



In the four fnlliiuinLr subgenera the antenn.T are terminateil by an elongate mass, or are nearly rilirorin. The 

 caterpillars are either naked, or armed uith but few spines. 



L/l-i/f/ira, Fab., in which the males alone have the fore-legs minute, arid Hic [laipi very advaiircd hke a beak. 

 BiOlis, Vnb. iMclartifis, Fab.), have the palpi also Ioniser than the head, but ubtnsr at the apex ; the fore-le.i^fs 



. 1.7. — AruTii 



broad 



id simply toothed ; the nerves of the fore-wings dilated 



ith th 



ilia 



■ palpi shiirter, and dilVerim,- froi 



!■ ^]iiiies, or merely th'sliy [irom 



These Butterflies an- LC'Mioraily 



liave changeable reflexions iu the 



Vane 



ITS ; tliey are 

 iitifully oriia- 

 ics, [as in the 



th( 

 rate I 



eh is rather fn 

 mented, and h;ne a rapid and hi!;'h ili-ht. The males of 

 Pnriile limperor, Pap/lio Iris, Linn.]. The form and size of the club of the antcniuc vary a little, as well as the 

 reliitive proportions of the wings, which have given rise to the establishment of several other subgenera ; but their 

 characters are very equivocal. The species which approach nearest to Biblis form the genus Ni'pf /,•,-, Fab., whilst 

 tin; furthest removed are P. Jasius, and the allied species, [forming!: tlie genus Cliaraxes, Bdv.] 



Morpho, Fab., has nearly filiform antenna;, being but slightly thickened at the tips. All the species are South 

 American, and uf great siii;, with eye-like spots on the \\ings. 



