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THE ANDROMACHUS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Andromachus. SOUTH AMERICA. 



PLATE XV. 



Papilio Andromachus, Shaw's Nat. Miscel pi. 635. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. p. 744. Cramer, Des. dePapillons, pi. 56, f. 

 A. B. 



THIS large and curious insect is of a dull fawn 

 colour, fulvous at the posterior margin, within which 

 is a broad, black, doubly vandyked band, and a large 

 triangular patch of black, extending from the insertions 

 of the wings three-fourths across them ; they are 

 slightly indented ; the under wings have a greatly 

 broader black band than the upper ones ; it reaches 

 to the very margin, with a double row of equidistant, 

 oblong, fawn-coloured spots within the edge, and a 

 single row of four round spots, of the same colour, 

 towards its upper extremity ; the body is dark brown ; 

 the antennge are very long and slender. 



This insect is an inhabitant of the warmer parts of 

 South America. It is of a large size, extending, from 

 the tips of the wings, to six inches and three quarters. 



