PLATE XV. Fig. 2.
Pap. N. Amathea, _Linn. Fabr._--Pap. Amalthea, _Cramer_, Pl. 209, fig.
A, B.
The surface of the wings in this pretty insect is dark brown
approaching to black, with a broad band of deep red running across
the centre of both wings, but scarcely reaching the anal angle, and
bifid at its anterior extremity: beyond this on the anterior wings are
two transverse rows of small white spots, both of them irregular; and
on the hinder pair a single row-of similar spots: the notches on the
margins of the wings are also whitish. The under side is much paler
than the surface, but the markings are similar. Body dull black above;
antennæ of the same colour, with the extremity of the club reddish.
Expansion of the wings from two inches to two and a quarter.
A South American species, inhabiting Brazil, Guiana, &c.