more brilliant congeners. Amongft thefe, one of 
the moft remarkable is the infedt here reprefented, 
which is the largeft of the fedtion or divifion of the 
genus to which it belongs. This fedtion, diftin- 
guiftied by the title of Heliconii , confifts of fuch 
butterflies whofe wings are of a more oblong form 
than in the reft of the genus, and are befides re¬ 
markable for a peculiar degree of tranfparency, as 
if lefs thickly coated w 7 ith feales than in others. 
This infedt is of a beautiful w'hite, ornamented by a 
variety of velvet-black ftreaks and fpots, running 
in different diredtions. The body is w'hite, with a 
black ftripe down the back; and the thorax is black 
ftriped with white. The fuperior wings, near the 
fhoulders, are very flightly tinged with ycllowifh. 
It is a native of India. 
