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THE AMPHRYSIUS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Amphrysius. JAVA. 



PLATE VI. 



Papilio Amphrysius, Marian's Ins. Surinam, t. 72? Cra- 

 mer, t. 219, f. A Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, pi. 650. 



THE upper wings are black, with yellow streaks, 

 and slightly indented. The lower wings are yellow, 

 with a broad vandyked border of black, and conside- 

 rably indented. The upper part of the body is deep 

 black ; and the segments, or anular process, is yellow. 

 The eyes are scarlet. 



Although this butterfly has but two colours, yet, 

 from the strong contrast of these, it is a beautiful insect. 



The Amphrysius Butterfly is a native of the islands 

 of Java and Amboyna, and measures upwards of five 

 inches and a quarter from the extremity of one wing 

 to that of the other. 



