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round the thorax to the trunk of a tree or the coping of a 

 wall, &c., for pupation. 



f Full-fed, 28th Oct., 1881. 1 ^rr j 



Imago. \ j 4.i xr M^ ^''^^^ 



( Imago, 24th Nov., ,, ' 



The butterfly appears about four weeks after pupation. 

 Though the caterpillar is difficult to obtain, owing to the 

 rarity of the food-plant, the butterfly is by no means rare. 

 It is, in fact, very plentiful at certain seasons of the year. 



LXXXIII. — Papilio Protodamas. 



Papilio Protodamas, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep., p. 322 (1836). 



Larva. Not preserved. 



I took this caterpillar in the forest on the Serra da 

 Cantareira in January, 1882. It very closely resembles 

 No. LXXVII, but is of a paler colour. It feeds upon a 

 species of Aristolochia (not the same as the food-plant of 

 No. LXXVII). 



rFull-fed, 22nd January, 1882.) 

 ' llmago, 15th February, ,, J ^ ' 



The caterpillar attaches itself by the tail and a loop round 

 the thorax to the surface selected by it on which to undergo 

 pupation. 



jFull-fed, 22nd January, 1882. | 

 ilmago, 15th February, ,, j ^ ' 



This butterfly seems to be a forest species, and is rarely 

 met with in the open plain, where its close ally (No. LXXVII) 

 Papilio Polytlanias delights to sport. 



