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Hinder wings somewhat orbicular, or orbiculate-triangu- 
Jate, with the internal margin excavated to reeéive the.ab- 
domen; the middle cell closed behind, from which part the*. 
nervures radiate; the other margin entire, or- with acute of - 
obtuse indentations. 
CATERPILLAR generally downy, with a shdbulas, ead 
somewhat compressed in frout; the abdomen bimucronate 
behind. . 
Chrysalis angulated, with the front bimucronate, sus- 
pended by the tail. 
To this genus the following midi Benoie species of Butter- 
flies belong, viz. Papilio Zigeria, 2. Megdera, 3. Gala- 
thea, 4. Pamphilus, 5. Hero, 0. Hyperanthus, &c. 
‘TeX. 
HIPPARCHIA BANKSIL 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
H. alis nigris fulvo maculatis; anticis puncto albo ; 
posticis ccello nigro pupilla albido. 
Habitat in Australasia. 
Mus. Dom. Macleay. 
BANKSIAN HIPPARCHIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Wings black, with fulyous spots; the anterior pair with 
a white speck; the hinder pair with a black ocellus, and 
white pupil. 
fohabits New Holland. 
{ have named this elegant species, which is preserved in 
Mr. Macleay’s cabinet, after that munificent patron of 
science, the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. &c. 
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