LEPIDOPTEEA. 



Division I.-RHOPALOCERA. 



Having antcniue terminated hij a dub. 



Family 1. PAPILIONIDiE. 



Imago, having long anteniue witli large curved clubs. 

 Anterior pair of legs fully developed. Dorsal margins of fore 

 and liind wings concave. 



Larva smooth, cylindrical, with a retractile tentacle in 

 the second segment. Legs, IG. 



Pupa upright, attached by the tail and a silken girth. 



Genus 1. PAPILIO, L. 



Antenn:e long, moderately stout. Fore wings with apex 

 elongated, and with arched costal margin ; hind wings escal- 

 loped or indented, and usually furnished with a long tail. 



1. P. machaon, L. — Expanse of wings, 2f to 31 inches ; 

 yellowish, with dark streaks and bands, and a long tail to the 

 hind wings. 



Colour pale primrose, with black nervures. Fore wings 

 having the base and hind margin broadly black dusted with 

 yellow, tlie latter enclosing a row of eight primrose lunules ; 

 three black quadrate spots lie near the costal margin. Hind 

 wings have the dorsal margin blackish, a brick red spot at the 

 anal angle, and a very broad blue-black band before the hind 

 margin, which encloses six lunate primrose spots. Another 

 row of lunate primrose spots lies along the hind margin, which 



