PLATE XI. Fig. 3.
_Godart._--Pap. Sylvana, _Cramer_, Pl. 364, C, D.--_Herbst., Pap._ tab.
xvii. fig. 1, 2.
This handsome species measures upwards of three inches and a quarter
between the tips of the wings; the latter are very much rounded, entire
on the edges, and the hinder pair diverge widely from the abdomen; the
superior fulvous from the base to the middle, with the costa, a slender
streak at the base, and a central kidney-shaped spot, black; beyond
this a pretty wide oblique band of sulphur yellow; the space between
this band and the apex deep black, with eight unequal spots of dull
yellow, slightly transparent, disposed in two irregular transverse
bands, and two or three small white points at the apex. Inferior wings
likewise with the inner half fulvous, the outer half black, emitting
narrow stripes internally, one of which reaches nearly to the base,
dividing the wing into two portions; towards the hinder margin are
a few yellow spots: body cinereous, with a yellow longitudinal line
on each side, and a similarly coloured band along the belly; antennæ
reddish-brown, dusky at the base.
A native of Surinam.
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