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INSECTS ABROAD. 



rather pale brown, with multitudinous pencilliugs of black. 

 On the hind wings there are two whitish spots near the base, 

 and four bright green spots near the tip. 



One of the most strilving examples of this genus is Paphia 

 Nessus, from New Grenada. This insect has the lower wings 



Fig. 80S.— Piiphin Glance. 

 (Shining green.) 



dark brown, and on the upper pair there are two large patches 

 of red edsred with blue. AH the rest of the wing is black. 



The splendid insect called Siderone Thehias is a native of 

 Eogota. The upper wings are dark crimson at the base, and a 

 black bar with slightly waved sides runs across the centre of the 

 wing. Then comes a bar of crimson extending nearly across 

 the wing, and the remainder is black. The lower wings are 

 black, tending to brown at the tips, and a bar of crimson passes 

 about half across the wing. Beneath, it is of a dead-leaf brown, 

 much blotched with dark brown, especially at the base of the 

 wings. 



Another species, Siderone Isidora, of South America, has its 

 wings of a dead-leaf yellow, becoming brown at the tips. 

 Siderone Archidona, of Mexico, has its upper wings rather long 



