Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . ctly markedbars of the same colour, as shown in the figure. It is ratherremarkable that a Moth called Gcnussa celerenaria, a native ofPara, is exactly like the Carpella except that it. is very small—not being larger than our common Orange-tip. The reader will probably have noticed how widely the pheno-mena of imitation prevails among insects, and how close is theresemblance, not only in form but in colour, and generallyin manners. Take for example a recent instance, Eunomiahcemorrhoidali
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . ctly markedbars of the same colour, as shown in the figure. It is ratherremarkable that a Moth called Gcnussa celerenaria, a native ofPara, is exactly like the Carpella except that it. is very small—not being larger than our common Orange-tip. The reader will probably have noticed how widely the pheno-mena of imitation prevails among insects, and how close is theresemblance, not only in form but in colour, and generallyin manners. Take for example a recent instance, Eunomiahcemorrhoidalis, and see how closely it resembles the Clear-wingHawk Moths, and how closely they in their turn imitate bees 654 INSECTS ABROAD. hornets, wasps, gnats, and other insects ; the resemblance ex-tending to their habits and even their movements, as well as toshape and colour. The family of Pericopidte, which belongs tothe great group of Bombycidae, is remarkable for the closenesswith which its members imitate the Heliconias, just as theUranias imitate the tailed Papilios. They are all West Fig. SSS.—Piricoiis nnsul jsa.(Deep brown and yellow.) The species which is here figured is a native of Venezuela,and, as will be seen, resembles the Heliconias in colour aswell as in form. The ground colour of the wings is very darkblackish brown, with a dash of chocolate in it. The lighterportions of the wings are warm chestnut, with the exception ofthe spots at the tip of the upper wings, the bar and spot whichimmediately follow, and the upper part of the bar that crossesthe middle of the wing. All these are bright vellow. The insect which comes next on our list was taken atWaigiou, an island of the Eastern Archipelago, and is one ofthe species that was brought to England by Mr. Wallace. A GORGEOUS INSECT. 655 On the upper surface it is a handsome and boldly-colouredinsect, but on the lower surface its beauty is an absolute sur-prise. The ground colour of the upper wings is
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