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THE BLACK AND GOLD BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Helena. 
PLATE XXXVII. 
Papilio Helena, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 748.—Cramer’s Desc. 
de Papillons, pl. 22. f. 1.—Shaw’s Nat. Miscellany, 
pl. 77. 
Aut the wings of the Helena are black, with 
alternate radiations, rendered visible by the play 
of light ; the upper wings are very slightly indented, 
and the lower ones considerably so, with a large 
patch of bright golden yellow on each; the body is 
light burnt umber brown ; the antenne are rather 
short and slender, with pretty large knobs at their 
tips. 
The Papilio Helena is a South American insect, 
and principally found in Surinam. It is considered 
as one of the most striking of the exotic butterflies, 
and is distinguished by the deep velvet black of its 
wings, which are marked by a few lighter stripes, 
accompanying the fibres ; while the lower wings are 
ornamented by a very large spot or patch of the 
richest golden yellow, traversed by several veins of 
black. 
