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THE SYNCELLUS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Syncellus. 
PLATE Lv. 
Papilio Syncellus, Cramer, Dese. de Papillons, iv. p. 86, 
pl. 334, fig. a. B. 
Tue superior surface of the wings is of a rich 
verdigris blue, of fine satiny lustre, and thickly set 
with black bands ; the posterior margins ‘are black, 
in the middle of which is an interrupted row of 
high-toned fawn coloured spots; segments of the 
body fawn colour; back blue, the same as the wings; 
the eyes are of a bright scarlet, and the antenne 
short and straight. 
The Syncellus Butterfly is one of the rare insects 
of Surinam. 
