Archive image from page 617 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 606 INSECTA, In the following the lower wings extend beneath the abdomen, and form a kind of gutter for it ; their larvœ are destitute of a tentacle in the neck ; and many of them subsist on cruciferous plants. These Lepidoptera (Papilio Danai candidi, Linn.), form two subgenera, Piei-is, Schrank. (Poiitia, Fab.), has the palpi subcylindric, slightly compressed, with the last joint nearly as long as the preceding, and the club of
Archive image from page 617 of Cuvier's animal kingdom arranged. Cuvier's animal kingdom : arranged according to its organization cuviersanimalkin00cuvi Year: 1840 606 INSECTA, In the following the lower wings extend beneath the abdomen, and form a kind of gutter for it ; their larvœ are destitute of a tentacle in the neck ; and many of them subsist on cruciferous plants. These Lepidoptera (Papilio Danai candidi, Linn.), form two subgenera, Piei-is, Schrank. (Poiitia, Fab.), has the palpi subcylindric, slightly compressed, with the last joint nearly as long as the preceding, and the club of the antennae ovoid. P. brassiae, Linn., the Great Garden white Butterfly, &c. Colias, Fab., having the antennal club elongate, obconic, and the palpi very compressed ; with the last joint much shorter than the preceding. C. edusa, and Hi/ale, Linn., the Clouded yellow Butterflies, &c. The other Butterflies of the same division are named Tetrapods, from having the two fore-legs very small, and folded up, and not fitted for -walking, either in both sexes, or only in the males ; the chrysalis is suspended only by the tail, and hangs with the head downwards. In some of these, the fore-legs, although small, scarcely differ in form from the hind ones ; the hind wings have the central cell always posteriorly closed ; the palpi are wide apart, slender and cylindric, and short. All these subgenera are exotic. Danais (Euplaa, Fab.), has the wings triangular, and the antennae terminated by a long and curved knob. Idea, Fab., has the wings nearly oval, elongated, with the antennaj nearly filiform. The two following subgenera diff'er in having the wings more elongate and narrow, and the abdomen is very long. Heliconia, Latr. (Mechanitis, Fab., P. Heliconii, Linn.), has the antennœ long and gradually thickened. Acreea, Fab., has them shorter, and suddenly clubbed. In the others (P. nymphalis, Linn.), the two fore-legs are more strongly bent, and either visible and very hairy, or concealed
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