Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . haracter must be leftfor time (or, more properly speaking, the possession of an exten-sive series of specimens of these insects from different localities) 586 [NSECTS ABROAD. to determine. It is doubtless in some degree dependent on theform of the apical angle of the wing, and this form of the wingcannot at present, I believe, be fully relied upon. That theform of the wing varies in some Butterflies according to thelocalities of the individuals, is unquestionable; and if thisshould be as
Insects abroad : being a popular account of foreign insects, their structure, habits, and transformations . haracter must be leftfor time (or, more properly speaking, the possession of an exten-sive series of specimens of these insects from different localities) 586 [NSECTS ABROAD. to determine. It is doubtless in some degree dependent on theform of the apical angle of the wing, and this form of the wingcannot at present, I believe, be fully relied upon. That theform of the wing varies in some Butterflies according to thelocalities of the individuals, is unquestionable; and if thisshould be ascertained to be the case here, I think it may pos-sibly be followed by the discovery that all the supposed speciesof Hestia are only so many local or geographical sub-species ofone real species. This is a very simply coloured Butterfly, the ground colourbeing white and the markings dark brown. Still, although ithas no brilliancy, it is really a handsome insect, owing partly toits size and partly to the bold contrast between the two abdomen is white, with a narrow black stripe down themiddle. ^. D(White and clink brown I Altiiouoh the colours of this Butterfly are by no means bril-liant, it is a very pretty insect, the hues being soft and wellcontrasted. In the male the basal half of the upper wings is dark brown, THE EUPL(EAS. 187 with a rather peculiar silken gloss. The other half is pure white,the outline having a tendency to run into tooth-like colours of the lower wings are similar, but are arranged ina different manner, the brown and white forming a series ofradiating teeth round the edge of the wings. In the female thebrown is much lighter than in the male. This species is anative of the Solomon Islands. There are many species of Danais, their predominating coloursbeing rich brown, orange, white, and black. It is rather remark-able that in all the species there is a tendency for the colours tobe arranged in streaks or dashes radiating from the tho
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