GENERIC CHARACTER.
Antennæ thicker towards the tip, and generally terminating in a knob: wings erect when at rest. Fly by day.
* Equites Achivi.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER
AND
SYNONYMS.
Wings indented, snowy: border black with white dots: ocellar spot in the anal angle of the posterior wings rufous.
Papilio Pylades: alis dentatis niveis: limbo atro albo punctato, ocello anguli ani rufo. Fabr. Ent. Syst. T. 3. p. 1. 100. 34.
Jon. pict. T. 1.
Alæ omnes supra atræ, albo punctatæ disco omni albo, immaculato. Angulus ani ocello rufo. Subtus pallide flavescentes, albo punctatæ discoque albo. Linea rubra a basi ad medium costæ. Fabr. Ent. Syst. T. 3. p. 34.
The Entomologist of the present day must naturally remain under some uncertainty as to the identity of the Fabrician Papilio Pylades, since no figure whatever has hitherto appeared in elucidation of this rare Papilio; and in this instance, as in almost every other, whatever advantage we may be able to derive from the very accurate and elaborate descriptions of our author, it would be absurd to deny that a faithful delineation of the insect described, is not essentially requisite, in order to determine with perfect satisfaction, the precise species Fabricius had intended.