138 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



the tip, and in the hind-wings one long tail is developed at the 

 outer angle, that at the anal angle being generally rudimentary, 

 so that the insect much resembles a Papilio in shape. But in 

 Marpesia the fore-wings are very long and pointed, and the 

 hind-margins are very oblique from below the sub-apical pro- 

 jection on the fore-wings to the base of the first tail on the 

 hind-wings. The hind-wings are provided with two long tails, 

 that at the anal angle being much shorter and broader than 

 the other. There are intermediate forms between the two 

 genera, but the figures on our plate represent that species of 

 Marpesia which exhibits the peculiar characters of the ganus 

 in greater perfection than even M. eleucha (Hiibner), the type 

 of the genus, which is nearly similar in colour, though paler, 

 but has shorter and broader wings. The latter is more re- 

 stricted in its range, being found in the West Indies and the 

 Southern United States, whereas M. peleus is common through- 

 out Tropical America. 



The larva of Marpesia peleus is naked, with four long, fleshy, 

 filaments on the back, and two others projecting from the 

 hinder part of the head. The pupa is likewise furnished with 

 several projecting filaments. 



Bates describes the species of Timetes as frequenting 

 sunny places in the forest, and flying about and sitting on the 

 trees, or resorting to the moist banks of brooks or pools. 



MARPESIA PELEUS. 



{Plate XXV., Fig. I.) 



Papilio peleus^ Sulz., Abgek. Gesch. der Insecten, pi. 13, fig. 



4(1776). 



Papilio thetys, Fabr., Gen. Insect., p. 264 (1777). 

 Papilio petreits, Cramer, Pap. Exot, i., pi. 87, figs. D. E. 

 (1776); Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, pi. 2, figs. 2, a-c (1787). 



This curious Butterfly measures about three inches across 



