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HELICONIA ERATO. 

 PLATE XL Fig. 1. 



Godart Pap. Erato, Linn Heb. Ricini (Mas.), Fabr. — Pap. 



Amathusia, Cramer, PL 177, fig. P. 



Extent of the wings about three inches ; the ground 

 colour deep black. Upper wings with three diverg- 

 ing rajs of deep red at the base, the inferior one 

 longest and extending rather beyond the middle; 

 not far from the extremity of these rays there is a 

 large discoidal patch of sulphur-yellow, unequally 

 divided into two parts by a black bifurcated nervure ; 

 beyond this, near the apex, is a series of contiguous 

 spots of the same colour, varying from two to five. 

 Under wings with six deep red rays extending from 

 the base towards the hinder margin, and behind the 

 place where these terminate, an arched row of small 

 blue spots. The colour beneath is dark brown ; the 

 upper wings marked nearly as on the surface, ex- 

 cept that the costa at the base is alone tinged 

 with red; under wings with eight diverging pale- 

 red lines, and a row of whitish marks parallel with 

 the hinder margin. Body black ; the sides of the 

 thorax and abdomen marked with small yellow 



