...stronger texture than those of any other in Britain, and more calculated for that gay and powerful flight which is so much admired by entomologists. The Purple...thus emulating the motions of that source of all his strength, the sun. The females, like those of many other species, are very rarely seen on the wing:...

...sprigs from which they each ascended. The purple emperor commences his aerial movements from" ten till twelve o'clock in the morning, but does not perform...till noon ; decreasing them after this hour until he ceases to fly, about four in the afternoon.' The peacock butterfly (p. loj , whose wings are of a brownish...

...stronger texture than those of any other in Britain, and more calculated for that gay and powerful flight which is so much admired by entomologists. The Purple...thus emulating the motions of that source of all his strength, the sun. The females, like those of many other species, are very rarely seen on the wing;...

...sprigs from which they each ascended. " The Purple Emperor commences his aerial movements from ten till twelve o'clock in the morning, but does not perform...noon ; decreasing them, after this hour, until he ceases to fly, about four in the afternoon." The females, like those of many other species, are rarely...

...stronger texture than those of any other in Britain, and more calculated for that gay and powerful flight which is so much admired by entomologists. The Purple...thus emulating the motions of that source of all his strength, the sun. The females, like those of many other species, are very rarely seen on the wing;...

...stronger texture than those of any other in Britain, and more calculated for that gay and powerful flight which is so much admired by entomologists. " The Purple...movements from ten to twelve o'clock in the morning, and does not perform his loftiest flights till noon, decreasing them after this hour, until he quite...