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THE BELISE BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Belise. 



PLATE LVIII. 



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Papilio Belise, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, iv. p. 171, pi. 

 376, fig. E. F. 



THE upper wings are black, with an oblong spot 

 of white towards their posterior margin, and two 

 small spots near the lower angle of the wings. There 

 is a large crescent-shaped white band, which occupies 

 nearly the whole under wings ; the disks terminate 

 about the centre of the upper wings ; this is sur- 

 rounded with a broad edge of beautiful clear light 

 blue, near the lower edge of which is a transverse 

 fillet of black, and the lower posterior margin of the 

 under wings is bounded by a white band. The body 

 is dark brown, and the eyes scarlet. 



This very pretty insect is a native of Surinam. 



