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THE ATYS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Atys. SURINAM. 



PLATE X. 



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Papilio Atys, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, pi. 269, fig. E. r. 

 Shaw's Nat. Miscellany, pi. 951. 



THE wings of this pretty Papilio are black, with the 

 body, and centre of the wings, of a rich and clear 

 verdigris green, spreading in streaks from the body 

 through the black ; near the anterior margin on each 

 wing are two ovate black spots, blue in the middle : 

 there are two caudate appendages on the base of the 

 lower wings, which terminate in a circular nob. The 

 eyes are scarlet. 



The Papilio atys is a native of Surinam, and is 

 represented in the plate of the natural size. 



