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10 O R I E N T A L ENTOMOLOGY.
black edges of tlic fulvous fascia of the fore \Yiiigs is sceu a black streak, wliicli marks tlie place of a verj'
sliort oblique vein, (-wliicli sliall be designated bjr tlie letter a) a very short transverse one {b), and a
cur^'ed one (c) ; from tlie angle formed by the junction of the oblique and transverse ones, there
extends a vein {d), -wliich runs to the outer margin of the wing, and from the angle formed by the
junction of the oblique and curved veins another longitudinal vein (e), extends to the outer margin.
The great median vein has tln-ee branches, Avhich inclose between them the two eyes nearest the hind
^vings. The third of these branches is a good deal elbowed, and it throws off near its base, at a very
obtuse angle, a straight but very obliqire vein (c*), which joins the extremity of the cm-ved one (c).
Between the third branch of the median vein and the longitudinal vein (e), there is a strongly marked
kind of a folding of the wdng. The discoidal cell is traversed by three delicate longitudinal veins ;
the first joins the sub-costal one, close to the origin of the fu'st sub-costal veinlet, the second joins the
curved vein (c) ueai' its junction with the short transverse vein (¿), and tlie third at the junction of
the curved vein (c) and the vein (c*) springing from the third branch of the great median vein. The
submedian or anal vein is slightly curved at its base.
I am indebted to H. G. Harrington, Esq., for an opportunity of figmingthis new and splendid Indian
butterfly, which I have dedicated to the Indian god of love, Camadeva, celebrated in Moore's lines : —
" Then rapidly with foot as Ught
As the j-ouiig musk roe's, out she flew
To ciill eiich shining leaf that grew,
Beneath the moonhght's hallowing beams
For this enchanted wreath of di-eams,
Anemones and Seas of Gold,
And new-blown lilies of the river,
And those sweet flowrets that unfold
Their buds on Camadeva'sf quirer."
LALLA ROOKH.
I t is impossible to look at the markings of the wings of this beautiful insect, and of many other
species of the family to which it belongs, without being reminded of the strong resemblance which
exists between them and the very characteristic markings of the peacock, and other allied tribes of
birds. Mr. Swainson alludes to this analogy in the following passage :—" The strong peculiarity which
runs through all these groups, is that the under surface of the wings is invai'iably ornamented with
beautiful ocellate spots; these spots, in the large American species, resemble in form, but not in
brilliancy of colom', those on the tail of the peacock; but in the European examples they are smaller,
more numerons, and often silvery. The general structm'e of all these insects, even those of the largest,
is weak. The typical groups [Morpho, &c.] live only in the dark primeval forests, resting on the trunks
of trees, drning the meridian heat, and show a decided partiality for shade; some, indeed, fly only in
the dusk of the evening."!
+ "This tree (the Nagacesara) is one of the most delightful on earth, and the delicious odour of its blossoms justly gives them a
place in the quiver of Camadeva, or the God of Love."—Sir W. Jones.
+ History of Insects, p. 93.