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VANESSA JULIANA. 

 PLATE XV. Fig. 1. 



Godart. — Pap. N. Juliana, Fabr. — Pap. Juliana, Cramer, PI. 

 280, fig. A, B.—fferbst Pap. PI. 220, fig. 1, 2. 



It is the largest of the Vanessa?, measuring nearly 

 five inches across the upper wings. The sur- 

 face is dull brown, with a broad common trans- 

 verse band of greenish white, placed between the 

 middle and the external margin of the wings. On 

 the upper wings this band is composed of a double 

 series of spots, the interior ones small and crescent - 

 shaped, the exterior large and oval with a large 

 black mark in the centre : on the under wings it is 

 more continuous, with a row of white lunules exter- 

 nally, and two large ocelli, remote from each other, 

 having a blue pupil and a yellow iris. The under 

 side is much paler than the upper, and the band on 

 the anterior wings is nearly as entire as in the pos- 

 terior pair. 



This conspicuous species is a native of the island 

 of Amboina. 



