butterfly* 
ao7' 
. I shall now proceed to give a few examples of 
species belonging to each division of the genus 
Papilio. 
Among the Eqidtes Troes the Papilio Prianius 
should take tlie lead, not only from the correspond- 
ing dignity of the name, but from the exquisite 
appearance of the animal itself, which- Liniiceus 
considered as the most beautiful of the whole 
papilionaceous tribe. “ Papilionum omnium prin- 
ceps, longe augustissimus, totus holosericus, ut 
dubitem pulchrius quidquam, a Natura in insectis 
productum.” 
This admirable species measures more than six 
inches from wings end to wings end: the upper 
wings are velvet black, with a broad band of the 
most beautiful grass-green and of a satiny lustre 
drawn from the shoulder to the tip, and another 
on the lower part of the wing, following the shape 
of that part, and of a somewhat undulating appear- 
ance as it approaches the tip: the lower wings are 
of the same green colour, edged with velvet-black, 
and marked by four spots of that colour, while at 
the upper part of each, or at the part where the 
upper-wings lap over, is a squarish orange-coloured 
spot: the thorax is blaek with sprinklings of lucid 
green in the middle, and the abdomen is of a 
bright yellow or gold-colour. On the under side 
of the animal the distribution of colours is some- 
what different, the green being disposed in centual 
patches on the upper wings, and the lower being 
marked by more numerous black as w’ell as orange 
spots. The red or bloody spots on each side the 
