PAPILIO Evander. 



Generic Character. — See PI. 92. 



Specific Character. 



Fap. (Tro. dent.) Alls dentatis, nigris; posticis suprd maculis quinque 

 liolaceO'Chermesinis ; anticis suhtils fascid alhidd, traiisiersd, me- 

 dia. Godart. 



Pap. (Tro. dent.) Wings dentated, black ; posterior above with a 

 five-cleft, violet-crimson spot ; anterior beneath with a trans- 

 verse, central, whitish band. 



P. Evander. Godart, En. Meth. vol. ix. p. 32. no. 18. 



Both sexes of this newly described insect are here, for the 

 first time, figured ; that above is of the male, and beneath is 

 represented the under side of the female. The crimson 

 spots (which finely relieve the brownish velvet-like black on 

 the upper surface of the wings) are, in some lights, most 

 beautifully glossed with changeable violet, and appear either 

 darker or paler according to the position in which the insect 

 is viewed. 



Southern Brazil is, undoubtedly, more rich in this splendid 

 family than the northern provinces of that vast country. I 

 never saw this species except in Rio Janeiro, where it is 

 common : nor do I know of any other, belonging to the 

 division of Irojani, which have the lower wings sharply 

 dentated, and with an appearance of obsolete acute tails ; a 

 character more developed in the female of this species than 

 in the male. 



PI. 101. 



