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APOLLO BUTTERFLY. 



Parnassius Apollo. 



PLATE XL Fig. 1. 



Pap. Apollo, Linn. — Haworth Donovan^ xiii. pi. 433 — 



Crimson-ringed Butterfly, Haworth — Doritis Apollo, 

 Fab. — Steph. 



In this genus the antennas are rather short, with 

 the club narrow, nearly oval, and not compressed ; 

 palpi rather long, and rising considerably beyond the 

 head ; wings nearly free from scales, especially at 

 the apex, where they are transparent, the hinder pair 

 concave on their inner edge. The females are pro- 

 vided with a small corneous bag, at the hinder extre- 

 mity of the abdomen. The caterpillars have the 

 power of protruding a retractile tentaculum from the 

 neck, similar to that found in the larvae of the genus 

 Papilio, formerly described ; but, unlike the latter, 

 they form a kind of cocoon when about to change 

 into chrysalides, by connecting a few leaves together 

 by means of silken threads. 



The expansion of the wings is nearly three inches ; 

 the colour white, slightly tinged with yellow, each 



