DESCRIPTION. 



Head black; eyes red-brown, posterior orbits 

 yellow; palpi yellowish before; a white dot be- 

 hind the base of each antenna; neck with two 

 dots before, and a band of four dots behind. 



Thorax black, immaculate : breast dotted with 

 yellow; feet black, anterior trochanters with an 

 obsolete yellow dot ; superior wings dark green, 

 sometimes blackish, with whitish crenae ; four or 

 five white spots on the margin, more conspicuous 

 beneath, often obsolete above; inferior wings 

 highly polished, green ; six pearl-white spots be- 

 fore the margin ; crenae white ; beneath with a 

 yellow spot at base, brownish, with a very broad 

 polished green border, upon which are seven 

 large fulvous spots, each surrounded by a black 

 ring, and marked by a lateral white spot ; on the 

 inner edge about six small white dots. 



Abdomen green, a little brassy above ; a lateral 

 double row of whitish dots ; first segment with a 

 single larger spot conspicuous above. 



Female larger, colour of the wings brown, 

 with cupreous reflections. 



The Philenor is one of the most beautiful of 



PLATE I. 



