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This species much resembles a Lycorea in the general ar- 

 rangement of its colours, and very probably occurs in company 

 with Lycorea ceres, figured by Cramer on the same plate, both 

 insects being from Surinam. 



This species differs from all the described members of the 

 genus, except P. hippona (Fabricius ; which appears to be the 

 insect figured by Stoll, Suppl. Cram., pi. 2, figs, i, a-d (1787); 

 with its earlier stages), in the much less extension of the reddish 

 colour on the hind-wings ; in most of the other species it 

 covers the whole surface nearly to the sub-marginal spots. But 

 P. hippona differs in having only one or two sub-apical yellow 

 spots on the fore-wings, and the yellow band much narrower ; 

 the wings are also much less dentated, and the tooth on the hind- 

 margin of the fore-wings is shorter and more obtuse. StolPs 

 insect was probably from Surinam ; there is a specimen of what 

 appears to be the same species in the British Museum from 

 Para. 



GENERA ALLIED TO PROTOGONIUS. 



These form the Ancea group of Schatz and Rober, and are 

 all confined to Tropical America. They are Butterflies of c jn- 

 siderable size, generally measuring about three inches across 

 the wings, and are adorned with bright colours. The genus 

 An<za, Hiibner, itself is very numerous in species, which have 

 a strong family likeness, though differing very much in the out- 

 line of the wings. The latter are broad, and the hind-margin 

 of the fore-wings is sometimes nearly straight, or even slightly 

 convex. The tip is frequently pointed, or even strongly 

 hooked, in which case the hind-margin is often first concave, 

 and then convex above the hinder angle, which is also some- 

 times hooked downwards, and followed by a concavity on the 

 inner-margin. The hind-wings are ample, and the hind-margin 

 is sometimes rounded and slightly dentatecj, with the ana.1 



