L E I L U S. 
#4 &ik% ^ 
Generic Character. 
Antenna thickening towards the upper part and 
generally terminating in a knob. 
Wings (when fitting) ere it and meeting upwards. 
(Flight diurnal.) 
Specific Character, &c. 
Caudated black BUTTERFLY, with Ihining- 
green band and numerous narrow ftripes : 
both furfaces of the wings nearly fimilar in 
color. 
Merian's Surinam Infects, pi. 29. 
Kleeman inf. 1 , pi. 2. f. 1. 
Aubent Pl. Enl. 71. f 1. 
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This beautiful Infect is a native of many parts of 
South America, as well as of fome of the Weft In¬ 
dian iflands. It admits of fome variety in point of 
colors: the Weft Indian fpecimens having more of 
the coppery or gilded tinge, and lefs of the pale- 
blue on the edges. Future obfervations may alfo 
prove that the two kinds may in reality differ from 
each 
