PLATE XXVII. Figs. 3, 4.
Hisperia R. Achæus, _Fabr._--Pap. Achæus, _Cramer_, Pl. 352, fig. G,
H.--_Herbst. Pap._ Pl. 297, figs. 3, 4.
Nearly the same size as _P. Venus_, and also a native of Surinam. Upper
side dark brown, the superior wings with two oval yellow spots on the
disk of each, and two transverse curved streaks of the same colour
on the inferior, the anal angle with a ferruginous spot. Under side
yellow, with numerous ferruginous patches, each of which is ornamented
with several small spots of golden-yellow, the outer border with a
continuous ferruginous band bearing a series of golden-yellow elongated
spots. Body brown above and yellowish beneath.