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Show INSECTA. 178 . 1 d a black one, on the lated spots, bordere d W'l th a red clrc e an . inferior wings. . S dum telephium, on the Saxt. The caterpillar hves on the e . 1 series of red dots on 1 t black Wlt 1 a . d d f: aga Sec. It is of a ve ve · The chrysalis 1s roun e , r ' h on the back. . h( ) each side, and anot er. d ~ith white or bluls 1 • of a blackish green sprmkle ' . THAIS, F~b. . .. but the ternu.n a1 button of the antenn.r e Th alpi of the Parnassu, h at the posterior extrem1ty e pd d curved; no corneous pouc elongate an r 1 f the abdomen of the lema e. h no retractile tentaculum. o 't pears ave f The caterpillars, as 1 ap . t'o the south of Europe, and some o The species are P.ecuhar . them to the mountams(2). . der the abdomen, formmg a There, the inferior w·m g s· proJect un groove for it. 1 Several live on the Cruci- The caterp1'l lars have no tentacu urn. gerre. p Danai candidi, L.-form two subgenera. These Lepidoptera- . PrERrs, Schr.-Pontia, Fab. . ~ · palp1. are a lmost cylindrical, and sligdh' tly Where the m enor 1 t as long as the prece 1ng; d . th the last at least a mos compresse , Wl . 'd(3) the c1 u b Of the antennz lS ovol . . CoLrAs, Fab. 1 ated and reversed cone, and the Where that club forms an e ong d with the last joint much inferior palpi are strongly compresse ' ding one(4\ shorter than the prece J d' . ion-Tetrapoda-the two P T of the same lVlS I In the other apl lOS h thers folded, non-ambu a· anterior lt!gs are much shorter than t e o ' · . c Method ., article Papt· zwr-,~, g en us PamaMien. (1) See Godart, lbtd., and Ency . 1 th works before quoted. · F b See a so e · · (2) The P. hysipyle, ru~mna, a . i nated by the general name of Br:~.ss~can~ (3) Here come the Leptdoptera, des g p . L. P. daplidice, L., p, 8!1Uip11, . L p rapre L. . napt, , . such as the P. braaatcre, ., . 1 u' of ~hich appear early in the spl'mg. 1r dy L P cardwmines, L., &c. neal' y a Cl t o.c See the works a ea ., l 4)· P. Hyale, L.;-P.rharnm·, L .;-p . eopa ra, "" · quoted, LEPIDOPTERA. 179 tory in both sexes, and sometimes in the males only. The chrysalis is simply suspended vertically by the posterior extremity. Sometimes the anterior legs, though folded and smaller than the others, differ from them but little. The inferior wings, of which the central cell is always closed posteriorly, but slightly clasp the abdomen in most of them. The inferior palpi are distant, slender, cylindrical, and generally very short. All the subgenera of this subdivision are foreign to Europe. \Ve distinguish the Danaides-DANArs; Euploea, Fab.; part of the P. danai festivi, L ,-by their triangular wings and their antennre terminated by a kind of elongated and curved button( 1 ); the IdereInEA, Fab.-by their almost oval and elongated wing~, and nearly filiform antennre(2). In these two subgenera the inferior pal pi hardly reach above the clypeus, and their second joint is scarcely twice as long as the first. · In the two following subgenera where the wings resemble those of the preceding subgenus, but are usually narrower and more elongated, and where the abdomen is also proportionally longer than that of most of the preceding ones, that'joint is much longer than the first and its extremity evidently extends beyond the clypeus. In the Heliconii- HELICONius, Lat.; Mechanitis, Fab.; P. peliconii, Lin.-the antenore are twice the length of the head and thorax, and insensibly enlarged towards the extremity(3). Those of the Acrere"'"TACR..o£A, Fab.-are shortly and abruptly globuliform( 4). Sometimes-F. nymphalis, L.-the two anterior legs are strongly folded, either apparent and very hairy, or small and concealed. The inferior wings, ~f which the central cell is open in several, evidently embrace the abdomen beneath. The inferior palpi are proportionally longer and frequently thicker and more approximated. Here, the central cell of the inferior wings is open. Those in which the inferior palpi are but slightly compressed, distant throughout their length, or at_ least at their extremity, and abruptly terminated by a slender and acicular joint; where the under surface of the wings frequently presents silvery or yellow spots on a fulvous ground; and the caterpillars of which are always covered (1) Lat., Gener. Crust. et Insect., IV, 201; Encyc. Method., Insect. IX, article Papilion, genus Danai"de. (2) Lat., Ibid., Idem; Encyc. Method., Ibid., genus Idea. (3) Lat., Gener. ,Crust. et Insect., IV, 201; Encyc. Method., article Papilion, genus Htliconie . (4) Lat., Ibid., Idem.; Encyc. Method., Ibid., genus .!Jcrle. |