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same number as tluit which was affixed to the cage in which the 

 larva was bred. This system being stringently carried out, mis- 

 takes were evidently impossible, and thus a vast number of in- 

 disputable facts were added to our stores of Natural History. 



In addition to the instructions thus given, I should be dis- 

 posed to add a further suggestion. No provision is here made 

 for preserving the insect for dissection. So, if several specimens 

 of a larva could be found, I should suggest that a larva, pupa, 

 perfect insect, and if possible some of the eggs, should be placed 

 in spirits for the use of dissectors, the bottles being of course 

 numbered like the drawings. 



Fio, 297.— PapUiu caudius. F< 

 (Black, white, and red.) 



The insect now before us is a native of Java. The upper sur- 

 face of the wings is black, and upon them is a large white spot, 

 flanked on either side by a grey spot. The lower wungs are 

 marked with red very much like those of Pcqnlio patros. 



Tlie female is coloured much like the male, though she is not so 

 bright, and there are slight differences of marking. The under 

 surface of the upper pair of wings is entirely brown, but tlie 

 lower wings are decorated with two large oval spots, set side by 



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