PLATE CIX. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 AND 

 SYNONYMS. 



Wings tailed, with a common white band : posterior ones rufous 

 at the tip, with an eye and two dots of white. 



Papilio Decius : aUs caudatis : fascia communi alba, posticis 

 apice rufis : ocellis punctisque duobus albis; 

 Fahr. EnL Syst. t. 3. p. 1. n. 67- n. 210- 



Papilio Decius : Cram. Nat 10. tab. 114. j^^. ^. B. 



Papilio Decius : Drury Ins, torn. 3. tab, 6. /. 1. 



A native of Guinea. We possess a specimen of this very rare 

 insect that was taken in Africa, and as we were assured, at the distance 

 of many miles inland, by a gentleman attached to a mission sent 

 towards the interior, from the Gold Coast. There was also an 

 example of this insect in the cabinet of the late Mr. Drury, which 

 he received from Sierra Leone. 



This is an insect of conspicuous magnitude, and appearance 

 rather remarkable. The prevailing colour above is greyish brown, 

 black, white, blue, and rufous brown, and each of those colours 

 occupy a distinct space, which together produce an eifect of some 



