THE COON BUTTERFLY, 



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On this illustration is given tlie insect to which reference was 

 made in Wallace's description of Papilio Memnon. 



The resemblance between the two species does not appear in 

 the illustration to be as close as it is in reality, because the size 

 of the illustration is necessarily reduced, the full span of wing 

 being about four inches and a half. The upper wings are jjale 

 brown, marked with dark brown as shown in the figure. The 

 lower wings are jet black, with a sort of velvety lustre, and 

 having a very slight bluish gloss in a side light. They are 



Fig. 311.— Papilio Coon. 

 (Black, wliite, and yellow.) 



adorned with a series of large spots, those towards the base of 

 the wing being white, and those at the tip being yellow. 



The body is chrome yellow, variegated with black. The 

 colours are nearly alike on the upper and under surface, except 

 that in the latter the markings are not quite so bright as those 

 of the upper surface. There is a variety of this insect which is 

 found in Assam, and in which all the yellow parts, including 

 the body, are changed into scarlet. 



Mr. Wallace remarks that it has a ha1)it of fluttering slowly 



