SCARCE SWALLOW-TAII,. 7 



the same shape. At the inside corner of the wing is a bhick 

 spot, with a blue patch of irregular shape in its centre, and 

 bordered above with red, forming an eye. The wings have 

 long tails ; their tips are yellow. 



The under side is paler than the upper, and the black 

 markings less extended. The band on the middle of the hind 

 wings is composed of two narrow black lines, the outer one 

 of which is edsfcd on. the inner side with orann:e. 



The caterpillar is short and thick, especially in the middle, 

 and most so towards the head; narrower towards the tail. It 

 is of a green colour, darkest on the back, and spotted with 

 black, varying to light yellowish, with a faint tinge of red 

 beneath. It has a narrow yellowish stripe along the back, and 

 another along the side, near the legs. On the sides are oblique 

 yellowish lines, dotted with reddish. The head is small. 



The figure is taken from the original specimen mentioned 

 above, now in the cabinet of the Rev. George Rudston Read, 

 of the Rectory, Sutton-upon-Dcrwcnt, near Pocklington. 



