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Surinamische Schmetterlinge
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Insects. XXIX. Vol. IV. No. 72., BUTTERFLIES OF SURINAM., Fig. 1. et 2. The brown Page., The two butterflies of Surinam, which are represented in the annexed picture, are in size and beauty by far superiour to those of Europe. That of N. 1. , generally called the brown Page, is certainly a most beautifully pencilled butterfly; its back (Fig. 1.) is of an elegant ferruginous brown, varied with lighthrownbands; its lovver wings are edged with a yellow border. A large yellow spot in the form of an eye adorns the upperwings and two like spots, edged with white borders decorate the undef ones. Its lower parts (Fig. 2.), exceed the back in beauty, being variegated with white, yellow, red and brown and interlaced with transverse stripes or veins of black. The lower wings are beautifully eyespotted., Fig. 2. et 3. The blue Adonis., The blue Adonis is still handfomer than the preceding species and is certainly one of the fineft butterflies of Surinam. Its upper side (Fig. 3.) is of a fky-blue caft. The extremities of the four wings are black and the upperwings marked by white spots; but the lower paits are so variegated and mottled with a peculiar pcarl-grey, with red, yellow, brown and black that it hardly be poffib le to fee an infect of a more elegant aspect., Both these butterflies are natives of Surinam; they live upon the juice vhkh they, by means of their fpiral fnout fuck of plants and flowers.
