THE 



POLYMNESTOR BUTTERFLY. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna*, (or Horns) thickening towards the up- 

 per part, and generally terminating in a 

 knob, or club-fhaped tip. 



Wings (when fitting) ere<L : t, and meeting upwards. 

 [Flight diurnal) 



Lin. Syji. Nat. p. 744. 



Specific Ciia ra c ter. 



BUTTERFLY with indented black w T ings, co- 

 lour of both furfaces nearly the fame, the 

 lower wings blueifh towards the tips, and 

 fpottcd with black. 



This beautiful infedt is one of thofe fpecies which 

 are not in the works of Linnaeus. It is an inhabitant 

 of Alia. The upper wings are of a deep black, with 

 a few longitudinal whitifh clouds towards the tips, and 

 a lengthened mark of deep crimfon of a fomewhat tri- 

 angular fhapc, near the bafe of each. The lower wings 

 are of a deep velvet-black at the bafe, and from thence 

 of a moft elegant whitifh or extremely pale blue, or^ 

 namented with fpots of black and fhow-white. 



