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it as a native of China ; and Donovan states that the insect figured in the collection of 

 drawings of Mr. Jones, of Chelsea, was a native of China, as well as the specimen in his 

 own collection. There must, however, have been some mistake in respect to these spe- 

 cimens, for not only are all the immediately allied species natives of South America, but 

 Stoll observed its transformations in that country, and says, that the caterpillar feeds on 

 the tamarind ; it is green, with two long spines on the head, and numerous other shorter 

 spines on the body. 



NYMPHALIS SYLLA. 



Plate 38. 



Ch. Sp. N. alls dentatis, supra nigris viridi-maculatis striatisque ; anticis fascia maculari nivea. 

 Expans. alar. 3| unc. 

 N. with the wings dentate, black on the upper side, with green spots and lines, the 

 anterior with a row of white spots, the central fascia of the posterior wings exter- 

 nally radiated. Expanse of the wings 3 j inches. 



Syn. Papilio Sylla, Cramer Pap. t. 43, f. E.G. 



Papilio Sylvia, Herbst. Pap. t. 247. f. 2. 3. 



Papilio (N.) Gambrisius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. \. p. 85. Donov. \stedit. 

 Nymphalis Sylvina, Enc. Meth. IX. p. 38 1 . 



A specimen of this very rare Papilio was taken in one of the small islands on the 

 eastern coast of China, and was in the possession of Mr. Francillon. Sir J. Banks, Bart, 

 had a specimen of it from another part of the East Indies. It also occurs in Java and 

 Amboyna (Enc. Meth.). 



