THE PHLEGIA BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Phlegia. 
PLATE LI. 
Papilio Phlegia, Seba, iv. tab. 34, fig. 7, 8,—Cramer, Desc. 
de Pap. iii. p. 9, pl. 197, fig. r. 
Tux upper and under sides of this pretty butterfly 
are black, as well as the body, with a wedge-shaped 
transverse patch of reddish orange extending from 
the body half across the upper wings, and a small 
one, the same shape and colour, on the under wings. 
The back has five spots of the same colour, and the 
segments of the body on each side are spotted with 
this colour ; eyes scarlet, with a spot of the same 
colour below their outer upper surface. All the 
other parts of both wings are spotted with white; 
those on the upper wings are irregular in the centre, 
and forming a double row near the margins ; the 
under wings are radiated. 
The male differs from the female in having the 
black borders of the upper wings erossed by two 
narrow transverse bands of a reddish brown colour. 
This interesting species is a native of Surinam, 
where it is said to be rather rare. 
