. 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 . and the species fewer;the minor divisions may therefore, for the present, be termedsub-genera. The approximation of Marginella to Valutahas frequently been stated. In M. bullata we have a mini-ature melon Volute, while M. faba is a no less obviousrepresentation of V. magnijica. Hence these forms appeartypical. Yet JVI. jjersicula and lineata cannot well beplaced
. 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 . and the species fewer;the minor divisions may therefore, for the present, be termedsub-genera. The approximation of Marginella to Valutahas frequently been stated. In M. bullata we have a mini-ature melon Volute, while M. faba is a no less obviousrepresentation of V. magnijica. Hence these forms appeartypical. Yet JVI. jjersicula and lineata cannot well beplaced with either, as their characters seem to indicate adirect analogy to among the Mitres. As toVolvaria, we concur with other writers, in thinking thaithe French Conchoiogists have erroniously blended thatgenus with Marginella. MARGINELLA guttata. Oval, spire concealed, covered with transverse oval spots marginedwith white, somewhat ocellate, and disposed longitudinally ;pillar 4 plaited. We could give no correct idea of this very pretty shell,without enlarging the figures ; the natural size is indi-cated by the horizontal line. Our specimen is the only onewe have yet seen, nor do we know its PI. M A KIT S Ci M ARIUS China. Family Nymphalida?. (Stirps. 3 ? Horsf.) Generic Character. Larva and pupa unknown. Perfect insect. Wings Papilioniform, caudal appendages long-,acute. Palpi porrect, approximating, and meeting at theirtips so as to form an acute cone: the whole covered with com-pact scales. Anterior feet small, slender, imperfect, the tarsaljoints? concealed by long hairs: club of the antennae terminal,sub-fuciform and cylimbic. Body short, thick, robust. Type, Papilio Metritis. Auct. Specific Character. Wings above brown, with two unequal white bands; beneath white,with narrow fulvous bands; basal angle of the posterior wingswith an orange spot, occllatcd with black. Papilio Cinna. Cramer Vol. 1. pi. 100. f. 8. Cramer describes this elegant
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