ACHILLES, 
O R T H E 
GREAT BLUE-BANDED 
BUTTERFLY. 
Generic Character. 
The Ant entice or Horns thickening towards the 
upper part, and generally terminating in a 
knob, or club-lhaped tip. 
The Wings (when fitting) ereft, and meeting up¬ 
wards. (Flight diurnal). 
Specific Character. 
BLACK BUTTERFLY with indented wings, 
eroded by a broad band of blue : the lower 
furface brown, with ocellated fpots. 
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This infed, fo remarkable for its fize and the gran¬ 
deur of its appearance, is a native of South America. 
It is fubjed to fome variety; the band of brilliant blue 
being wider in fome fpecimens than in others : there 
is alfo a difference in the number as well as the color 
of the pale fpots with which the upper wings are marked 
towards their tips, which in fome fpecimens are nearly 
white, and of a fomevvhat ocellated appearance ; in 
others 
