Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . nslucent. It is a native of Peru. As may be seen by a glance at the illustration, the wings areso translucent that objects can be seen through them quit Tin-: I1;itsillas. 591 clearly. They have quite a glassy appearance, with the slightestpossible haziness about them. The only markings are a coupleof eye-like spots, one near the tip of each hind wing. The outerring of the eye is greyish black, then comes a ring of the white is an oval patch of black, and in the centre ofthe
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . nslucent. It is a native of Peru. As may be seen by a glance at the illustration, the wings areso translucent that objects can be seen through them quit Tin-: I1;itsillas. 591 clearly. They have quite a glassy appearance, with the slightestpossible haziness about them. The only markings are a coupleof eye-like spots, one near the tip of each hind wing. The outerring of the eye is greyish black, then comes a ring of the white is an oval patch of black, and in the centre ofthe black is a tiny spot of white. The wings are edged with avery narrow band of brown. There are many species of Callitaera, all much resemblingeach other, and all natives of tropical America. Some of themhave the wings covered with most delicate pencillings andmottlings of light brown, and all of them have the eye-likespot on the lower wings. Another group of Butterflies, the Morphina:, will be repre-sented by one example, Drusilla mylcecha. This insect is anative of Louisiade, one of the Solomon Pig. 334.—Drusilla mylsecha.(White above ; four large eyes below ) The colouring of the Butterfly is very remarkable. The uppersurface is perfectly white, except a narrow black edging to the 592 INSECTS ABROAD. upper wing. The under surface is also white, but the upperedge of each wing has a black band, which is widest at the baseand narrowest at the tip. The remarkable point in this insectis the marking of the lower wings. These are white, but uponthem are two large circular eye-like spots. The outer ring ofthese spots is blackish brown, and within it is a broad ring ofyellow. Then comes a large circular patch of black, and in itscentre is a little round spot of white. These rings are so exactlycircular that they look just like miniature targets. The wingsare rather translucent, so that when viewed from the upper sur-face the eyes can be seen through them. The specific name o
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