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THE LYNCELLUS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Lyncdlus. 



PLATE LV. 



Papilio Lyncellus, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, iv. p. 86, 

 pi. 334, fig. A. B. 



THE superior surface of the wings is of a rich 

 verdigris blue, of fine satiny lustre, and thickly set 

 with black bands ; the posterior margins are black, 

 in the middle of which is an interrupted row of 

 high-toned fawn coloured spots ; segments of the 

 body, fawn colour ; back, blue, the same as the wings ; 

 the eyes are of a bright scarlet, and the antennae short 

 and straight. 



The Lyncellus Butterfly is one of the rare insects 

 of Surinam. 



