PLATE XXIV. Fig. 3.
Pap. Octavius, _Fabr. Mant._--Pap. Faunus, _Fabr. Species_.--Pap.
Chorineus, _Cramer_, Pl. 59, fig. A.
As the above genus at present stands, it contains many insects which
have but little affinity to each other, as may be seen by comparing
the present figure with that on the following plate, both of which
have been usually assigned a place in it. If we have not altered this
arrangement, it is not because we do not regard it as improper, but
from a reluctance to introduce many partial changes, in a place where
it would be irrelevant to enter at length on the general subject of
classification. The relation which groups bear to each other can be
satisfactorily shown only by treating of the whole; and insulated
changes are the less desirable at present, as a general arrangement
of the whole class will speedily be laid before the public by an
individual who has long directed his attention to the subject. The
above-named species belongs to a group in which the upper wings are
triangular, and the inferior very much elongated, truncated towards
the anal angle, and exteriorly drawn out into a long narrow tail.
With the exception of the dark bands and occasional crimson spots,
the whole wings are transparent. _E. octavius_ expands about an inch
and a half. The upper wings are transparent, the whole of the outer
margin, and a band running obliquely across the middle, black. Under
wings transparent anteriorly, the remainder, including the tail, black;
the anal angle with a large crimson patch. The tail is very narrow,
and somewhat whitish on the outer edge and at the tip. The under side
resembles the upper, except that the red spots are each marked with two
white points.
Found in Surinam.
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