LEPIDOPTERA. 



several other allied insects (P. Laomedon, of Cramer, Anceus, Achates) as females of tlie 

 very vuriable Asiatic species, Papilio Memnoii; the caterpillar of which, according to 

 Dr. Horsfield, is green, with the anterior segments narrowed and retractile, ihe third 

 being elevated at the top and marked with an eye-like spot on each side. It feeds upon 

 the species of Citrus. 



The plant figured is Plumbago Rosea. Rose-coloured Lead-wort. 



PAPILIO PERANTHUS. 



Plate 25. 



Cii. Sp. p. alis nigris, supra basi cserulescenti-viridibus, subtus apice pallidis, posticis obtuse 

 dentatis, caudatis, subtus lunulis rufescentibus serie digestis. Expans. alar. 

 4 unc. 

 P. with the wings black, greenish blue at the base; beneath paler at the external 

 margins, posterior pair dentate and tailed, with red lunules on the under side ar- 

 ranged in a transverse series. Expansion 4 inches. 



SvN. Papilio Peranthus, Fabricius Ent. Syst. 3. \. p. 15. Enc. Meth. IX. j>. 66. 



Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. 1. p. 203. 



The original Fabrician description was made from a specimen from Cochin China in 

 the Banksian collection. Donovan mentions another which came from Canton, and 

 M. Boisduval gives Borneo, Java, and Celebes, as its localities. 



The insect is represented on a small twig of Armido Bambos (Bamboo or Cane), a 

 well known plant, mentioned by Sir G. Staunton as being one of the most useful pro- 

 ductions of China. 



PAPILIO TELAMON. 



Plate 26. fig. 1. 



Cii. Sp. P. alis caudatis, concoloribus, flavescentibus, maculis fasciisque nigris, posticis 

 utrinque striga sanguinea nigromarginata. Expans. alar. 3 unc. 

 P. with the wings coloured alike pale yellowish, with black spots and bands, the pos- 

 terior with very long naiTOW tails, and a red streak bordered with black at the 

 anal angle. Expansion of the wings 3 inches. 



S'SN. Papilio Telamon, Donovan. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lep. \.p. 250. 



The singular delicacy and beauty of this Papilio is not the only claim it has to the 

 particular attention of Entomologists : it is clearly an undescribed species ; and perhaps 



