E N T OMOLOGY, 



of its life have been considered by moralists as a striking 

 emblem and imitation of the soul, which after the long sleep 

 of death, suddenly awakens with a renewed vivacity to a 

 life of more exalted perfection and renewed existence. 



To return more immediately to the subject before us, 

 the upper fly represents the Papilis Phillis, so named by the 

 learned insectologist Fabricius. It is a native of Mexico, 

 and the Brazils, and is delineated from a beautiful specimen 

 in the collection of Mr. Willshire of Chelsea. The upper 

 wings are black with a band of red in the middle of each ; 

 there is also a yellow band, running each way from the 

 body; upon the whole it may be considered as a very 

 pleasing specimen of the natural family Orbati, in which 

 all the wings arc rounded in their shape. 



The second represents a Moth the Phalaena Corollaria, 

 an insect from North America, very distinguishable by its 

 circular spots, those of the under wing being deeply shaded 

 with blue, the general colour of the whole fly is of a soft 

 and pleasing yellow. The Phalaena or Moth is chiefly 

 distinguished for the soft and downy appearance of the 

 wings and body, and hi general the colours are not so gay 

 and vived as in the Papilio Genus. 



The antennas in this instance are branched and roundetl 

 in their outline, which circumstance characterizes the 

 female moth, which unlike the Papilio's have their antennae 

 differently formed in the opposite sexes. Nothing satisfac- 

 tory has hitherto been discovered of the uses of the antennae, 

 some authors have supposed that they arc an organ of 

 smelling, others that they are for the purpose of hearing, 

 and it is most likely the subject will remain in doubt, until 

 their instincts and anatomy have been in a farther degree 

 understood. 



