reads 'Prinea'.">Prinia. Horsf.

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Specific Character.

The sultry groves of India are not without birds which recall to the European the songsters of his own distant land. And although nature, in her boundless profusion, has so distributed her productions that even the little "Kitty Wren" may in vain be looked for beyond the confines of Europe, its representative in the East is no less neat, active, and familiar to the habitations of man. The Prinia familiaris, observes Dr. Horsfield (whose politeness enables us to figure the bird), is abundant in many parts of Java, near villages and gardens, in the confines of which, among trees and shrubs, it builds its nest. Sprightly and active in all its motions, it sports among the branches in short and rapid flights, and has received its native name from its enlivening and pleasant notes. Our figure is the size of life, and to avoid a tedious description, all the details have been accurately measured.

We must refer the scientific Ornithologist, for our exposition of the natural affinities of this group, to Northern Zoology, vol. 2, p. 200. It is unquestionably the Rasorial and Scansorial genus of the Sub-family Sylvianæ, as there pointed out, and of which Orthotomus is a sub-genus, or type of form.

AMPHRISIUS Nymphalides.

AMPHRISIUS Nympalides,

Amphrisius Butterfly.

Family Papilionidæ. Sub-Fam. Papilionæ. Genus. Amphrisius. Sw. (Typical Sub-Genus).

Sub-Generic Characters.

Specific Character.

The Butterflies of which we consider the species now figured as the typical example, constitute one of the great natural divisions of the modern genus Papilio; and they are peculiarly distinguished in all their three stages of existence, namely in the caterpillar, the pupa, and in the winged state. Dr. Horsfield has enabled us to illustrate the two former, and we add a figure of the perfect butterfly from specimens in our own cabinet, collected in Java. It seems subject to much variation in point of colour, but we have strong suspicions that some of the varieties are distinct species. The richness of the black resembles Genoa velvet, while that of the yellow may be compared to glossy satin. All the larger species of the group are Oriental, but we suspect America is not without typical examples, although they are of a much smaller size. The species however, even with these additions, are so few, that the sub-types of the group cannot be accurately made out.

As this seems to be the pre-eminent type of the genus, we preserve to it the generic name.

ACHATINELLA. Pl. 1.
1, Pica. 2, Perversa. 3, Acuta

ACHATINELLA Pica,

The Bead Snails.

Class Mollusca. Order Phytophages. Lam. Sw. Genus ——?

Sub-Generic Character.

Type Monodonta seminigra Lam.

Specific Character.

Achatinella is a very peculiar group of land shells, found only in the Pacific Islands. They are all small, and so remarkably beautiful, that the natives use them for ornaments. It was under this form that seven different species came into our possession on the return of Captain, now Lord Byron, from his voyage to the South Seas. As the systematic conchologist will find them fully described in the Journal above quoted, we now only illustrate them by figures.

ACHATINELLA perversa, fig. 2.

Specific Character.

Our figures of this elegant species are somewhat larger than nature.

ACHATINELLA Acuta, Fig. 3.

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