American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . ?>r^jff^^ -* 7Jr,yuw> /V Ti: ii: in^r/. J^i„:;i A (.Tu/out- PIERIS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Feet nearly equal; nails of the tarsi very appa-rent, bifid or unidentate; inferior wings dilatedbeneath the abdomen, so as to form a groove. OBSERVATIONS. This is one of the many genera into whichthe vast and sumptuous genus Papilio, of Linne,has been separated. We are indebted for it toSchrank. It nearly corresponds to the group ofDanai candidi, and
American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . ?>r^jff^^ -* 7Jr,yuw> /V Ti: ii: in^r/. J^i„:;i A (.Tu/out- PIERIS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Feet nearly equal; nails of the tarsi very appa-rent, bifid or unidentate; inferior wings dilatedbeneath the abdomen, so as to form a groove. OBSERVATIONS. This is one of the many genera into whichthe vast and sumptuous genus Papilio, of Linne,has been separated. We are indebted for it toSchrank. It nearly corresponds to the group ofDanai candidi, and includes the genera Coliasand PoNTiA of Fabricius, and Gonepteryx ofLeach. These butterflies are natives of various regionsof the globe; some of them are very frequent inalmost every field, and must have been noticedby the most casual observer, flitting with a devi-ous direction over the herbage, and on meetingwith a companion, mounting aloft in the air, witha hurried and irregular movement. Some species PLATE XXX. O occasionally alight in great numbers on moistplaces in roads. The caterpillar is destitute of the retractiletentacula of th
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