PLATE XV. Fig. 1.
_Sodart._--Pap. N. Juliana, _Fabr._--Pap. Juliana, _Cramer_, Pl. 280,
fig. A, B.--_Herbst. Pap._ Pl. 220, fig. 1, 2.
It is the largest of the Vanessæ, measuring nearly five inches across
the upper wings. The surface is dull brown, with a broad common
transverse band of greenish white, placed between the middle and
the external margin of the wings. On the upper wings this band is
composed of a double series of spots, the interior ones small and
crescent-shaped, the exterior large and oval with a large black mark
in the centre: on the under wings it is more continuous, with a row of
white lunules externally, and two large ocelli, remote from each other,
having a blue pupil and a yellow iris. The under side is much paler
than the upper, and the band on the anterior wings is nearly as entire
as in the posterior pair.
This conspicuous species is a native of the island of Amboina.
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