. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE ERATO. 409. surface. All the color is concentrated upon the under surface of the lower wings, the ground- work of which is bright yellow traversed by black nerv- ures, and which are adorned by six large oval spots of orange-red. Our well-known Orange-tip Butterfly is a familiar example of a similar gathering of the color upon tlie under surface of the lower wings. There is a pretty butterfly, called the Spio, which also belongs to this large family, and may be distin- guished from th
. Animate creation : popular edition of "Our living world" : a natural history. Zoology; Zoology. THE ERATO. 409. surface. All the color is concentrated upon the under surface of the lower wings, the ground- work of which is bright yellow traversed by black nerv- ures, and which are adorned by six large oval spots of orange-red. Our well-known Orange-tip Butterfly is a familiar example of a similar gathering of the color upon tlie under surface of the lower wings. There is a pretty butterfly, called the Spio, which also belongs to this large family, and may be distin- guished from the succeeding group by the angulated front wings. It is a native of tropical America, Java, and India, in all of which countries it is tolerably plentiful. The colors of the upper surface are dee]) Mack, largely mottled with yellow and orange. The ixnder surface is washed witli jiale yellow, purple, and brown of various depths. 0^ the accompanying illustration are seen some specimens of a beautiful grouj) of butterflies placed in the family Heliconia, because their graceful forms and elegantly disjjosed tints are presumed to render them worthy of the companionship of Apollo and the Muses. The uppermost figure represents the Phono, a native of Jamaica, Brazil, and the neighboring parts. The wings of this curious insect are almost wholly trans- parent, the opaque and colored portions being confined to a nar- row band round the edge, and a few spots and streaks upon the wings. All these markings are blackish-brown, except on the under side, where the edge of the hinder pair of wings is tinged with yellow, and sometimes marked with a series of little white spots. An allied buttei'fly, the Transparent Helicouia {Heli- conia did2)hana), so closely re- sembles this species, that the two are often confounded together. The lowennost figure at the right hand is the Erato, a native of Surinam. In this insect there is always some variation in color, and the sexes are so different that they
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