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PAPILIO ^NEAS. 



PLATE II. Fig. 2. 



Linn., Fabr., Cramer, PI. 279, Figs. A, B, C, D Rosel Insect. 



vol. iv. PI. 2, Fig. 2. — Godart, Encyclop. No. 24. — Boisduval, 

 Spec.gener. 286, No. 112. 



We have figured this insect as characteristic of a 

 pretty extensive group of butterflies inhabiting South 

 America, distinguished by a peculiar outline, and a 

 certain similarity of design in the markings. The 

 space between the tips of the anterior wings always 

 exceeds by more than one half the space between the 

 anterior edge of these wings and the hinder margin 

 of the posterior pair ; that is to say, the width of 

 the insect, with its wings expanded, is more than 

 double its length. The ground colour of the wings 

 is generally deep black, with one or two insulated 

 patches of some light colour on the disk of the 

 anterior pair, and a large blood- red patch in the 

 middle of the hinder wings ; the latter deeply den- 

 tated on the margin, but without a tail. In P. 

 JEneas the upper wings expand about three inches 

 and a quarter : they are velvet-black, becoming 

 lighter towards the apex, with a pretty large green 

 spot, of a somewhat quadrangular shape, towards 

 the interior border, surmounted by three smaller 



