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TRANSFORMATIONS OF INSECTS. 
THE LEPIDOPTERA WITHOUT HOOKS TO THEIR WINGS. 
( A chalinoptera . ) 
These Lepidoptera are celebrated for the elegance of their 
shape and brilliant colour. The wings of the butterflies, or 
diurnal flyers, are usually very large, and very varied in their 
TERMINAL PARTS OF THE ATTENN^E IN DIFFERENT GENERA. (Magnified.) 
I. Papilio machaon. 2. Argynnis paphia. 3. Thecla W. album. 4. Hesperia sylvanus. 
outlines. Some have them gracefully rounded off, and others 
have them prolonged backwards symmetrically. When these 
insects are at rest, their wings are set up, so that only their 
lower surfaces can be seen ; they can hardly walk, and their 
legs are principally employed to keep the body steady, and 
to support it. The antennae of all the species are clubbed, 
and are useful to distinguish the different kinds. 
