. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . assesof the vertebrated circle. Commencing with Phyllonotus,we may call them, from the hideous and repulsive aspectof many of the species, the Reptile type, as the namegiven to one (Murex scorjrioj, sufficiently intimates. Inthe tooth-like spines of Murex tenuispinosus we see someresemblance to the teeth of quadrupeds : the Murex haus-tellum has been well compar
. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . assesof the vertebrated circle. Commencing with Phyllonotus,we may call them, from the hideous and repulsive aspectof many of the species, the Reptile type, as the namegiven to one (Murex scorjrioj, sufficiently intimates. Inthe tooth-like spines of Murex tenuispinosus we see someresemblance to the teeth of quadrupeds : the Murex haus-tellum has been well compared to the head of a snipe,while in the fin shaped varices of Murex pinnatus, wehave a representation of the Jish. If the analogy betweenCentronotus and the Amphibia cannot be traced, it isbecause the latter has so few forms ; but the Hedgehogs,which represent the Amphibia in the circle of Quadrupeds,are again represented under the form of a shell, in (bosub-genus Centronotus. These analogies, however remoteare unquestionably natural, because they follow each otherin a uniform series. Thus, Murex . represents Mammalia. Haustellaria .... Aves. Pterynotus Pisces. Centronotus ... Amphibea—Hystrix. Phyllonotus .... Reptilia. 109. M AMIS iPE TRB US) , til i ,i ,V- ]^CL . M A R I U S (Petreus) Thetys,Thetys Butterfly. Family Nymphalidae. Sub-family Paphianse. Genus Petreus. (Heliconian Type.) Sub-Generic Character. Superior wings long, horizontally lengthened; Larva naked, with 3,4 fleshy filaments on the body. Specific pi, 56. The perfect insect, or butterfly, of this elegant species,we have already figured at pi. 59 of our second volume : andthat our illustration of a form so interesting may be com-plete, we have now delineated the caterpillar and thechrysalis, as given by Stoll; together with a sprig ofthe Cashew tree upon which it feeds. Every entomologist,upon looking to the perfect insect, will immediately bestruck with its resemblance t
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