. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. 364 ZOOLOGY. - of both hemispheres. Many have the hind wings pro- longed into a kind of tail, as the common papilio machaon, or swallow-tailed butterfly. In some other tribes of this section, the first pair of legs is very short. 006\ (n.) In the second family of the Diurnal Lepidop- tera, the chrysalis is suspended simply by the tail; and in all of these the males, and generally the females, have the first pair of legs very small, and folded against the thorax. In this tribe we find the genus Vanessa, which is
. Elements of zoology, or, Natural history of animals / ed. by Reese. Zoology. 364 ZOOLOGY. - of both hemispheres. Many have the hind wings pro- longed into a kind of tail, as the common papilio machaon, or swallow-tailed butterfly. In some other tribes of this section, the first pair of legs is very short. 006\ (n.) In the second family of the Diurnal Lepidop- tera, the chrysalis is suspended simply by the tail; and in all of these the males, and generally the females, have the first pair of legs very small, and folded against the thorax. In this tribe we find the genus Vanessa, which is distin- guished by the form of the antennae, these terminating suddenly in a short knob. This genus contains many of the most common and beautiful butterflies of Great Britain ; as, for instance, the Vanessa antiopa, or Camberwell beauty ; the V. 10, the peacock ; V, cardui, the painted lady ; V. atahmfa, the red admiral; V, p dychloros, the large tortoise-shell; and V. article, the small tortoise-shell. These names will sufficiently indicate the general aspect of the Butterflies of this genus. The Jirgynnis, an allied genus, has pearly spots on the under side of the wings, and the club of the antennae is oblong. The accompany- ing figure gives a good representation of the general as-. pect of the Diurnal Lepidoptera. The Nymphalis is an- other allied genus, remarkable for the brilliancy of its colouring and its hiirh and rapid flight. The males of some species have changeable reflections in their hues, os in the V. iris, or purple emperor. 650 Describe the varieties of the firai and second Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reese, David Meredith, 1800-1861. New York : A. S. Barnes
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