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VANESSA AMATHEA. 



PLATE XV. Fig. 2. 



Pap. N. Amathea, Linn. Fabr Pap. Amalthea, Cramer, PI. 



209, fig. A, B. 



The surface of tlie 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 Teaching the anal angle, and biSd 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 underside 

 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. 



