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PAVONIA TEUCER 

 PLATE XXII. Fig. 2. 



Pap. Teucer, Linn. — Merian, Surinam his. PI. 23 ; Cramer, 

 PI. 51, fig. A, B. 



Extent of the wings from five to six inches ; the 

 surface of the primary pair of a livid hue at the base 

 and dark brown at the extremity, the latter colour 

 traversed by a yellow flexuose line near the middle 

 of the secondary wings, slate-blue anteriorly, and 

 black behind. On the under side the wings are 

 very richly mottled, the ground colour being light 

 brown, variegated with numerous undulating black 

 lines, the anterior pair with five very irregular yel- 

 lowish-white transverse bands, and four ocellated 

 spots near the apex, the hinder one larger than the 

 others, surrounded by a yellow ring and having a 

 white point within, not in the centre, but inclining 

 to the inner side : the secondary pair with three 

 broad indistinct whitish bands, and near the mid- 

 dle three ocelli, the intermediate one minute, the 

 hinder very large and surmounted by a black arch. 

 The body is dark brown above. 



This insect inhabits an extensive tract of the 

 warmer parts of South America. 



