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in preference to the wooded sides of the mountains, and are found in greatest plenty at a 
considerable elevation. 
The color of the Bugong is dark brown, with two black eye-like spots on the upper wings. 
The body is rather stout, filled with a yellow, oily substance, and covered with down. It is 
not a large insect, the spread of wing averaging an inch and a half. 
We now arrive at another family, of which the Abchippus affords a good example of the 
typical genus. This fine insect measures about four inches and a quarter between the points 
of the outspread wings, of which the entire contour is 
bold and sweeping. There is but little diversity of 
coloring in this butterfly ; rich chestnut striped and 
streaked with black being the ground tint, and re- 
lieved round the edges with white spots, arranged in 
a rather irregular double series. The under surface 
presents similar hues, but of a paler cast. The head, 
thorax, and abdomen are deep, velvety-black, decorated 
with small spots of snowy- white. 
The large and important family of the Nymph - 
alidse contains a vast number of species, most of 
which are notable for their brilliant coloring, and 
many of which are well-known natives of Europe. 
These insects are, indeed, so numerous, that only a 
very slight sketch can be given of them. 
The large and boldly-marked insect in the lower 
left-hand corner of the engraving at top of next page is 
the Dido, a native of Brazil and Guiana, and is here XRcmvvm.—Ddnais arcMppus. 
represented of the natural size. The ground color of its 
wings is blackish -brown, and all the lighter parts are soft, leafy-green, with a slight pearly gloss. 
On the under surface, the ground color is chocolate, the green marks are much paler, and rather 
more opalescent than on the upper surface, and are edged with silvery- white. There are, besides, 
several bands of the same delicate hue on various parts of the wings. The caterpillar of this 
insect is green, diversified with a red and white stripe on each side of the body, and covered 
with several rows of short spines, besides two rather long appendages to the tail. 
The uppermost figure in the same engraving on next page represents the Tiiyodamas, an 
insect marked in a very unique fashion. Having a ground color of grayish- white, the whole 
surface is scribbled over with lines and streaks of brown, differing greatly in width, some being 
fine, as if traced with a crow-quill, and others broad and decided, as if drawn with a brush. 
Along the edges of the wings are a few double lines of rusty -brown. The under side of both 
wings is much paler, and the markings are finer and farther apart. 
The right-hand upper figure is an example of the genus Marpesia, and is remarkable for 
the bold contour of wdng, and the elongated tail with which it is decorated. The color of the 
Thetis is by no means various, but has, nevertheless, a decided and pleasing effect. The upper 
surface is uniform ruddy chestnut, over which are drawn several narrow stripes that traverse 
nearly the entire wings, passing from the edge of the upper pair to the extremity of the lower. 
From the lower margin of each under-wing start two projections, or tails, one being rather 
short, and the other very long, narrow, and slightly enlarged at the tips. The under side is 
pale rusty-red, with a very slight gloss of blue when seen in certain lights. 
The last figure in this illustration represents the Agraulis moneta , an insect that closely 
resembles the well-known Adippe Fritillary of England, save that the color is deeper, and 
the metallic spots of the under surface larger and brighter. The upper surface of this 
handsome insect is rich ruddy chestnut, and on the under side of the wings are a number of 
large spots which shine as if they had been plated with silver, and then carefully burnished. 
It is necessarily impossible to represent this peculiar metallic lustre in a simple engraving, but 
