Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fie :. 16. - Morpho male insect is shown, so as to display its peculiar and beautifulmarkings. The upper surface of this Butterfly is rich, shining, PLATE THE OWL BUTTERFLY. 595 opaline blue, with a decided clash of green in some lights. Thewings are edged with a broad band of black, in which is a rowof little white spots. The female is coloured in a somewhatsimilar fashion, but the blue is less brilliant, and the blackbelt is replaced by a very broad brown band. In t
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . Fie :. 16. - Morpho male insect is shown, so as to display its peculiar and beautifulmarkings. The upper surface of this Butterfly is rich, shining, PLATE THE OWL BUTTERFLY. 595 opaline blue, with a decided clash of green in some lights. Thewings are edged with a broad band of black, in which is a rowof little white spots. The female is coloured in a somewhatsimilar fashion, but the blue is less brilliant, and the blackbelt is replaced by a very broad brown band. In this bandare a number of spots, white on the upper wings and red onthe lower. Below, its colouring is equally bold, and so intricate that aminute description would be quite out of place. Describedgenerally, the ground colour is chocolate-brown, and upon theupper wing there are three bold eyes, situated in an irregularbelt of grey. The outer ring of these eyes is black, followed bya ring of yellow. Then comes a circular patch of black, and inits centre is a purple spot. A band of pale red runs parallel tothe edge of both pairs of wings. The lower wings are likewisechocolate-brown, and have upon them four large circular ringsof grey, each ring having a very narrow black line r
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