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narrow fore-wings ; the hind-wings are sliort, oval, and dentated, 

 witli white incisions. There are two yellowish-white patches, 

 more or less divided into spots by the nervures, one towards 

 the tip, and one about the middle of the fore-wings ; and the 

 centre of the hind-wings is pale yellow. The collar and pectus 

 are dotted with red. 



[v.] Endopogon, Boisduval (apud Felder). Includes a large 

 number of Tropical American Butterflies, with triangular fore- 

 wings, with the hind-margin more or less oblique, and the hind- 

 wings somewhat produced, and strongly dentated, with white 

 incisions. They are black, and the males generally have a dull 

 green mark, sometimes enclosing a white spot ; and the hind- 

 wings have a large red spot or band in the middle, often show- 

 ing a beautiful violet iridescence. In the female, there is 

 generally a white spot on the fore-wings, and the red spot of the 

 hind-wings is paler; sometimes the hind-wings are spotted with 

 red at the base beneath. The type is indicated by Dr. Scudder 

 as E. sesostris (Cramer), a species nearly four inches in expanse, 

 with a large green spot on the fore-wdngs of the male, but no 

 red spot on the hind-wings. It is common in South America. 



[vl] Hedorides^ Hiibner. A handsome group of Tropical 

 American Butterflies, with rather long, but not pointed, fore- 

 wings, and shorter hind-wings, produced towards the anal 

 angle; strongly dentated, and with a rather long tail ; they are 

 black with red and white markings. 



We have figured the type 



HECTORIDES ASCANIUS. 

 ^Plate LXV. Fig. i.) 



Papilio ascaniuSj Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 14a (1775); Drury, 

 111. Exot. Ent. iii. pi. 9, fig. i (1782) ; Godart, Enc. Mdth. 

 ix. p. 73, no. 137 (1819) ; Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Ldpid. i. 

 p. 306 (1836), 



