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includes the AcrmdcB from Africa. Estimated number 

 of species : exotic, 350. 



Group 219.— Family DANAID^E and allies. The species 

 are natives of the Eastern Hemisphere. Note especially 

 the two species of Hestia from Java. Estimated num- 

 ber of species : exotic, 110. 



Upper Compartvient. 

 Case with examples of the black-veined- white pat- 

 tern from six distinct families of butterflies, 

 and one of moths. 



Group 220.— Family PIEEID^. Whites. Note the Euro- 

 pean and Mexican species allied to the Brimstone 

 Butterfly of this country ; also the mimicry of the Heli- 

 conidcs in the females of certain species. Estimated 

 number of species : exotic, 450 ; British, 10. 

 Upper Compartment. 

 Pairs of Butterflies shewing a remarkable difierence 

 between the male and female of the same spe- 

 cies ; preserved larvae and magnified drawings 

 of eggs. 



Family PAPILIONID^. 



Group 221.— Genus PAPILIO and allies. Swallow-tailed 

 Butterflies. For the LinnaBan divisions of the Butterflies 

 into Equites, Danai, Flebeii, &c., see the Tablet. 



Upper Compartment. 



Case with specimens of Papilio Vertumnus, pre- 

 sented by H. J. Cauty. A chair is placed 

 near, by the aid of which P. Vertumnus may 

 be seen by looking down upon it from above ; 

 whence the carmine spot on the lower wing 

 appears of a pale amethystine hue. 



