of royal blood) I find him among thoib 

 of the firft fection ; that is, thofe of a 

 fable colour, fpotted in the breaft with 

 red, and having their hinder wings re- 

 fembling tails. When Agamemnon is 

 Iiamed, I remember him to be a noble 

 Greek, and find him among thofe no- 

 bles which have variegatedandfwallow- 

 tailed wings. But when Nereus is Ipo- 

 ken of, I readily know him to beiong 

 to the laft feclion, with wings having 

 no tails* 



The fecond clafs, which contaihs the 

 Heliconii, derive their names from the 

 Mnfes, as Urania. The names of the- 

 fbns and daughters of Danaus are be- 

 ftowed on the third fe£tion. And as 

 thefe fpecies are fubdivided into two 

 other fections, viz. the white and par- 

 ti-coloured,the metaphor is fo conducTr- 

 ed, that the white ones preferve the 

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