HELICONIA ERATO. 
PLATE XI. Fig. 1. 
Godart Pap. Erato, Linn. — Heb. Ricini (Mas.), Fair. — Pap. 
Amathusia, Cramer, PI. 177, fig. F. 
Extent of tlie wings about three inches ; the ground 
colour deep black. Upper wings with three diverg- 
ing rays of deep red at the base, the inferior one 
longest and extending rather beyond the middle ; 
not far from the extremity of these rays there is a 
large discoidal patch of sulphur-yellow, unequally 
divided into two parts by a black bifurcated nervure ; 
beyond this, near the apex, is a series of contiguous 
spots of the same colour, varying from two to five. 
Under wings with six deep red rays extending from 
the base towards the hinder margin, and behind the 
place where these terminate, an arched row of small 
blue spots. The colour beneath is dark brown ; the 
upper wings marked nearly as on the surface, ex- 
cept that the costa at the base is alone tinged 
with red ; under wings with eight diverging pale- 
red lines, and a row of whitish marks parallel with 
the hinder margin. Body black; the sides of the 
thorax and abdomen marked with small yellow 
