Papilio, LEPIDOPTERA. 12g 



wings; the colours of the 



Achivi are generally gay, and 

 and they are either 



Simple, of one colour : Or 



Variegated, adorned with various 

 colours. 



Such of the Equites as we 

 are acquainted with have fix 

 feet. 



2. The Heliconii\ thefe are diftinguiftied 

 by the narrownefs of their wings, 

 which fometimes appear (efpe- 

 cially towards their extremities) 

 to be naked, or deprived of fcales ; 

 their upper wings are of an ob- 

 long form, the under ones are 

 very fliort in proportion to their 

 breadth : this laft charadteriflic, 

 however, is not univerfal ; fome 

 infects, which refemble the Heli- 

 conii in every other particular, be- 

 ing referred to that fedion, 

 though their under wings are pro- 

 I portionably 



