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VANESSA AMATHEA. 



PLATE XV. Fig. 2. 



Pap. N. Amathea, Linn. Fair. — Pap. Arnalthea, Cramer, PI. 

 209, fig. A, B. 



The surface of the wings in this pretty insect is dark 

 brown approaching to black, with a broad band of 

 deep red running across the centre of both wings, 

 but scarcely reaching the anal angle, and bifid at 

 its anterior extremity : beyond this on the anterior 

 wings are two transverse rows of small white spots, 

 both of them irregular ; and on the hinder pair a 

 single row of similar spots : the notches on the mar- 

 gins of the wings are also whitish. The under side 

 is much paler than the surface, but the markings 

 are similar. Body dull black above ; antennas of 

 the same colour, with the extremity of the club red- 

 dish. Expansion of the wings from two inches to 

 two and a quarter. 



A South American species, inhabiting Brazil, 

 Guiana, &c. 



