ILLUSTRATIONS 



OF 



EXOTIC ENTOMOLOGY. 



HiETERA PHILOCTETES. 



Plate I. fig. l,-2. 



Ordek : Lepkloptera. Section : Diurua. Family ; Nymplialida', Sicniiison. 



Oenus. II.eteha, Fabr. (Syst. Gloss, in lUig. Mag.) Sutyrus, Lati: ^- God. Papilio p. Linn. 



H^TERA PHILOCTETES. Alis Supra violaceo-fuscis ; posticis art angulum aui maculis tribus coeruleis, externis 



duabus puncto nigro, punctisque tribus albis, subtus fascia lata ooramuui purpureo-fusca utriiique albo- 



marginata. (Expans. Alar. 4 unc. fere.) 

 SY^. Papilio (Equ. Achiv. Fliiloetetes), Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 750. No. 29. Cramer, tab. ^O. Jig. A. B. C. 



Fabr. Eat. Syst. Ul.l.p. 83./). 2.50. (Nymphalis Ph.) Herbst. tab. 55. Jig. 2.3. Etic. MHh. ix.p.481. 



(Satyriis Pli.) 

 Habitat : Surinam (Drury). '' In Incliis." (Linn.) 



Upj}er Side. Head, thorax, and abdomen dusky brown. Anterior wings fine mellow dark brown 

 "V siuiff colour towards the tips ; but near the body, glowing with a fine dark glossy purple. Near the tip 

 ot eavli wing are two small white specks, one scarcely visible ; on the lower part of each wing is a rather 

 large oval spot, of the same snuff colour with that near the tips. Posterior edges circularly dilated, and 

 gradually widening from the shoulders to the external edges. Posterior wings dark brown, but glowing 

 all over in sotne directions with a dark glossy blueish purple. Near the abdominal corners are two 

 black eyes on eacl. wing, surrounded by beautiful dazzling blue. 



Under Side. Breast and sides yellowish sandy-coloured. Anterior wings divided into three parts 

 by two lines or bars ; ont being brown and narrow, the other white and rather broad. The first di\'ision, 

 next the body, is of a russet or light hair colour, tinctured with pearl, having a short black streak near 

 the middle ; the next, or middio division, is light brown ; the third is dark clay-coloured. A consider- 

 able number of long hairs arising from a single point or stalk, spreading like the leaves of a fan, and 

 occupying the space corresponding with the oval spot mentioned before; those on the outside bending 

 downwards, and curling. (See Fig. 3. This circumstance is peculiar to one sex only.) Posterior wings 

 next the body russet, with a single black spot near the middle of each. Abdominal groove russet. 



