HECUBA. 
Generic Character . 
Antennce or Homs thickening towards the upper 
part, and generally terminating in a knob, 
or club-fhaped tip. 
Wings (when fitting) ere£t, and meeting upwards. 
(Flight diurnal.) 
Specific Character, &c. 
BUTTERFLY with the upper wings red, the 
lower black ; each pair ocellated beneath. 
LE GRAND OCULE DE CAYENNE. 
PI. enl. ig. 
The Papilio Hecuba is one of the largeft and 
moil: magnificent of its tribe. It is alfo remarkable 
for the Angularity of its colour; the upper wings 
being of a very rich ferruginous-red with dufky 
edges, while the lower ones are black, but confide- 
rably paler towards their bafe than on the broader 
part. Both the upper and lower wings are edged 
with a feries of palifh yellow fpots. The body is 
grcyifh. The under furface of all the wings is un¬ 
dulated 
