. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . than that of theprofessor : and secondly, because these very names, innumberless instances, imply a perception of naturalanalogies, which, without the labour of philosophicresearch, suggest themselves to unscientific the present instance, these facts may be verified inthe most unquestionable manner. According to ourviews, Protesilaus not only repres
. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities . than that of theprofessor : and secondly, because these very names, innumberless instances, imply a perception of naturalanalogies, which, without the labour of philosophicresearch, suggest themselves to unscientific the present instance, these facts may be verified inthe most unquestionable manner. According to ourviews, Protesilaus not only represents one of the primarygroups of the Lepidoptera, but also typifies the Fissirostralbirds, of which the swallows are the most Merians valuable work on the Insects of Surinam,has furnished us with a figure of the larva ; which, unlike thatof the I uropean Swallow-tails, is covered with spines : thechrysalis also departs from the usual type of the family,in Inning the head directed downwards. These facts weha\e verified by an inspection of the original drawings, ofM. Merian, now deposited in the British Museum. Theseare all important variations in structure, which can only beexplained by the natural system. ,; l ftSLil % UelCci >■•-• C R E S S I D A Helicomdes,CressIda Butterfly. Sub-Fam. Papilionoe. Genus Papilio. Sub-Genus Cressida. Nobis. Sub-Generic Character. Wings diaphanous ; posterior perpendicularly elongated, obtuselydentated or scolloped. Antenna stout, the club very thick. Types, Cressida IJeliconides and Harmonides. Sw. Specific Character. /interior icings diaphanous, with the base, and two opaque, costaltransvere spots, black; posterior black, tvith a central whilespace, and a marginal raw of crimson spots, brightest beneath. Papilio Cressida, Fab. Enl Si/s. 3. I. p. 20. Don. III. ofEnt. 3. 2. Encij. iVeth. p. 76. No. 14-5. For a long time, the only museum in Europe whichcould boast of this butterfly, was that of Sir JosephBa
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