In illustrating the Lepidopterous insects, we shall first define all those variations in form, which appear to us sufficiently important; directing our chief attention to the external anatomy of the perfect insect. These groups or forms, we shall provisionally name: we shall next endeavour to detect their true affinities, and their relative value; abolishing such as may be found unnecessary, and confirming others which assume a higher station. We intend, in short, to proceed only by analysis, and we therefore wish that any incidental remarks, made by us in the interim, may be looked on with suspicion: or at least, with that doubt which must attend all opinions resulting only from synthesis.
Pl. 80.
CRATEROPUS REINWARDII.
Black masked Thrush.
CRATEROPUS Reinwardii.
Black-masked, or Reinwardts Thrush.
Family Merulidæ. Sub-family Macropodianæ.
Generic Character.