American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . Drawn /V WJi: Wrrd. T?3 tn<//rnY,/ Av /.//n LIMENITIS. Papilio, Lin.—Nymphalis, Latr. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae gradually clubbed; club slender,hardly compressed, elongate-obconic; palpi notelongated, second joint not much compressed, theanterior margin not remarkably broader; anteriorpair of feet spurious; wings not very much longerthan broad; four hinder feet with double nails;abdomen received in a groove, formed by thedilatation of the in
American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . Drawn /V WJi: Wrrd. T?3 tn<//rnY,/ Av /.//n LIMENITIS. Papilio, Lin.—Nymphalis, Latr. GENERIC CHARACTER. Antennae gradually clubbed; club slender,hardly compressed, elongate-obconic; palpi notelongated, second joint not much compressed, theanterior margin not remarkably broader; anteriorpair of feet spurious; wings not very much longerthan broad; four hinder feet with double nails;abdomen received in a groove, formed by thedilatation of the inner margin of the inferiorwings. OBSERVATIONS. This is one of the numerous modern generaof Papilionides, that are eminently remarkableby the feeble, abbreviated, and incomplete ante-rior feet of the species of which they are com-posed. These feet are usually so short, as to bealtogether useless for the purpose of locomotion;they are habitually applied against the breast, PLATE XXIII. and are altogether destitute of nails. The larvaeare elongated, and feed on leaves, and the chry-salids are suspended by the tail, with the headtowards the eart
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