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INSECTS ABROAD. 



Taking the upper wings first, the basal third is occupied with 

 a large triangular patch of velvety black, profusely powdered 

 with green specks, and very much like those of the Krishna 

 Butterfly of India, which has been already described. Next 

 conies a broad belt of verditer green, and the rest of the wing is 

 velvet-black, sprinkled with green towards its edge. 



PlG. 805. — Papilio Palinimis 

 (Black and green.) 



The under wings are somewhat similarly marked, but with 

 additions. At the base there is a similar black patch sprinkled 

 with green, and then comes the green verditer band, which in 

 the lower wings is very glossy, and has a pearly sort of surface. 

 The black border also is on the edge of the lower wings, but 

 near the margin are six crescentic marks of a brilliant metallic 

 green, that sparkle so as to be visible at a considerable distance. 



