ANCHISES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
AnteniKZ gradually thickening towards the up¬ 
per part, and generally terminating in a 
clavated tip. 
Wings (when at rest,) meeting upwards. Flight 
diurnal. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, fs’c. 
Butterfly with denticulated black wings; the 
upper pair marked with a white cloud ; 
the lower pair with six or seven oval crim¬ 
son spots. 
Sei>. mus, 4. pi. 7» f- 27j 28# 
Mer. Surin. pi. 17* 
Cra)n. pi. 318, 
A small species of Lemon, according to Madam 
Merian, grows in the woods of Surinam, rising to the 
height of a tall apple tree, but with leaves and flowers 
of not more than half the size of the common kind. 
On these trees are found in great numbers the caterpil¬ 
lars here represented, colledled together in groupes, 
and adhering to each other like snails. Their colour 
is brown, with whitish variegations, and, when touched, 
they protrude from their front a pair of soft, yellowish 
horns, as if to defend themselves, or to attack their 
enemies. Madam Merian kept some of these cater¬ 
pillars 
