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INSECTS ABU GAM. 



two sexes of one species. A similar occurrence took place 

 with Ulysses and Diomedcs, both being, as their names denote, 

 Greeks. 



The present species is a native of Northern Australia. 



Fio L'03. — Tapilio pronomus. Female. Under side. 

 (Black, yellow, and white.) 



As is often the case with Butterflies, the under surface of 

 Pajrilio Ematliion gives no indication of the colours which 

 adorn the lower surface. 



Above, the wings are black, with narrow lines of grey follow- 

 ing the nervures, and widening gradually towards the edges. 

 The under surface of the upper pair of wings is coloured much 

 aftei the same manner, but that of the lower pair is almost 

 startlingly different from the plain black and grey of the upper 

 surface. The greater part of the wing is velvet black, and round 



