PAPILIO. BUTTERFLY. 



Generic Character. 



Antenna apicem versus 

 crassiores, soepius clavato- 

 capitatae. 



Ala (sedentis) erectae sur- 

 suinque conniventes, (vo- 

 latu diurno.) 



Antenna thickening towards 

 the extremity, commonly 

 terminating in a knob or 

 clavated tip. 



Wings (when sitting) erect 

 and meeting upwards : 

 (flight diurnal.) 



JL HE prodigious number of species in this genus 

 makes it absolutely necessary to divide the whole 

 into sections or sets, instituted from the habit or 

 general appearance, and, in some degree, from the 

 distribution of the colour on the wings. This di- 

 vision of the genus is conducted by Linnasus in a 

 peculiarly elegant and instructive manner, being 

 an attempt to combine, in some degree, natural 

 and civil history, by attaching the memory of 

 some illustrious ancient name to an insect of such 

 or such a particular cast. 



The first Linnaean division consists of the Equi- 

 tes, distinguished by the shape of their upper 

 wings, which are .longer, if measured from their 

 hinder angle to their anterior extremity, than 



