34 

 LEPIDOPTERA. 



PAPILIO ULYSSES. 



Plate XXI. 



Species. Papilio Ulysses ; alis nigris, disco cseruleo radian te, posticis caudatis ; subtus 

 ocellis septem. Expans. alar. unc. 5\. 

 Papilio : with black wings, the disc being blue and radiated, posterior wings tailed ; 

 beneath brown, with seven large submarginal ocelli on the posterior wings. 

 Expanse of the wings, 5\ inches. 

 Syn. Papilio (Eq. Ach.) Ulysses, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 748. Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 23. 

 Enc. M'eih. 9. 65. Cramer, tab. 121,/ A, B. Boisd. Hist. Nat. Lipid. 1, p. 202. 

 5 Papilio Diomedes, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 749. Cramer, t. I22,fig. A. 

 Habitat. " The Dutch spice islands," (Donovan). Amboyna, Celebes, (Boisduval). 



Section. 

 Family. 

 Genus. 

 Species. 



CASTNIA EVALTHE. 



Plate XXII. 



1 (Hesperi sphinges, Latreille.) 



Castndii.e, Westio. 

 Castnia, Latr. God. Batman. Papilio, (Festivi,) Fabr. 



Castnia Evalthe : alis integris nigris, nitidis ; anticis ntrinque fasciis duabus, 

 posticis unica flavis ; his supra serie e maculis submarginalibus, subtus pagina 

 omni rubris ; fascia maculari flava. Expans. alar. 4 j unc. 



Castnia : with the wings entire black, shining ; the anterior above and beneath with 

 two bands, and the posterior with a single (sometimes interrupted) band of a 

 yellow colour, the latter have also a submarginal row of red spots, the under 

 surface is also red, with a central row of buff spots. Expanse of the wings, 

 44 inches. 



Syn. 



Papilio (Festiv.) Evalthe, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 45. Syst. Ent. p. 480. Herbst. 



Pap. t. 137, / 1, 2. Enc. Meth. 9. 797. (Castnia E.) Donovan, 1st edition. 



(Papilio E.) 

 Papilio Dardanus, Cramer, pi. 17, fig. E, F. 



Habitat. " In Indiis," (Fabricius).* Surinam and Brazil, (Enc. Meth.) 



This scarce and beautiful species, represented on a sprig of the Vitex Negundo, 

 Fine-leaved Chaste tree, is here misplaced, not only on account of its belonging to 



* By the term " In Indiis," Fabricius meant either the West or the East Indies ; although he more gene- 

 rally employed the term " In India," or " In India oriental!," to designate the habits of East Indian species. 



