,i()f) APPENDIX. 



I have, in tliis respect, followed the example of 

 Latreille; (as he describes the Soutli American 

 butterflies brought by Humboldt and Bompland,) 

 that is, I have given to the butterflies the names of 

 men of more modern times, as those of ancient 

 history and mythology are of no value ; because, for 

 example, other people have got among the Trojan 

 knights, (as Renmus.) Besides this, Latreille was 

 not the first in this respect, as Fabrizius had al- 

 ready adopted the names of Portlandia, Huntera, 

 Allionia, Blomfieldia, Banksia, Solandra, &c. Lat- 

 reille gives the names unchanged ; but I give a 

 proper termination, according to the exam})le of 

 Fabrizius, to distinguish the new from the old. 



I. PAPILIO RURICKIA. 



p. E. A. alis caudatis fiiscis : antkis macula 

 alha quadrata ad 7na7'ginem imstkuyn ; postkis macti- 

 lis bijidis 7nargmaUb2is, in utraqiie pagina miniatis. 



From Brazil, from the continent opposite to the 

 island of St. Catharine. — The length, from wing's 

 end to wing's end, is three inches and four lines. 

 The colour of the wings is a dark brown, with a faint 

 greenish lustre ; the lower wings are a little darker 

 above than the upper ones. On the back margin 

 of the upper wings there is in the middle an 

 almost square white, yellowish spot, which extends 

 from the back edge, to the second wing rib ; and is 

 separated near the edge, from the first broad black 

 tendon. Each of the lower wings has four ver- 



