SCARCE SWALLOW TAIL BUTTERFLY. 99 



quiry has thrown suspicion on the authenticity of 

 this account. The Rev. F. W. Hope informs Mr 

 Stephens (Illus. of Brit. Ent. 145), that he pos- 

 sesses a specimen of P. Podalirius which was taken 

 at Netley, Salop. This statement naa not, as far 

 as we know, been controverted, and seems to form 

 the only unexceptionable authority for regarding the 

 insect as an inhabitant of this country. It is very 

 roramon in some parts of France, where it is named 

 Le Flambe, from a supposed resemblance in the 

 pyramidal shape of the black stripes to the form nf 

 flames. 



