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150 VANESSA JULIANA.

PLATE XV. Fig. 1.

Godart.—Pap. N. Juliana, Fabr.—Pap. Juliana, Cramer, Pl. 280, fig. A, B.—Herbst. Pap. Pl. 220, fig. 1, 2.

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.