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FABIUS HIPPONA. 

 PLATE XIX. Fig. 2. 



Pap. Hippona, Fair., Donovan, Insects of India.* — Pap. Fa- 

 bius, Drurtfs Ins. iii. PL 16, fig. 1, 2 ; Cramer, PL 90, fig. 

 C, D ; StoWs Supp. (caterpillar and chrysalis.) 



This species presents another remarkable form, bear- 

 ing some analogy to the preceding, but at once dis- 

 tinguished by having only one tail. The hinder 

 margin of the superior wings is dilated, in the mid- 

 dle, into an acute angle ; the same margin of the 

 hinder pair is cut in a square form towards the anal 

 angle, and is furnished with an oblique lengthened 

 tail rounded at the extremity. The caterpillar tapers 

 lightly towards the hinder extremity, and has two 

 short obtuse horns on the hinder part of the head. 

 The chrysalis is yery short and thick, and without 

 any angular projections. 



The butterfly expands from three to three and a 

 half inches, and is coloured somewhat in the manner 

 of certain kinds of Heliconia. The upper wings are 

 black above with two broad bands, that next the 

 base tawny-red, the exterior one yellow, sinuated 

 and oblique, extending from the costa to the pro- 

 jecting angle on the hinder margin of the wing; 

 near the apex are likewise two or three yellow spots. 

 Posterior wings black, with a tawny-red stripe along 



