HELENA. 



OR, THE 



BLACK- AND -GOLD BUTTERFLY. 



Generic Character. 



The Antenna, or Horns, thickening towards the 

 upper part, and generally terminating in a 

 knob, or club-fhaped tip. 



The Wings (when fitting) erect, and meeting up- 

 wards. (Flight diurnal.) 



Specific Character. 



BLACK BUTTERFLY with both furfaces alike; 

 the dilk of the lower wings of a brilliant 

 gold colour. 



The Papilio Helena, one of the mo ft beautiful of the 

 exotic butterflies, is diftinguiflied by the deep velvet 

 black of its wings, which are marked by a few lighter 

 or greyifh ftripes accompanying the fibres ; while the 

 lower wings are each ornamented by a very large fpot 

 or patch of the richeft golden-yellow, traverfed by fe- 

 veral veins of black. It is a South- American in feci:, 

 and is principally found at Surinam. 



