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THE BOLINA BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Bolina. 

 PLATE XXIX. 



Papilio Bolina, Cramer, Des. de Papillons, pi. 205, fig. A. B. 

 Shaw's Nat. Misc. pi. 955. 



THE wings are of an intense black, denticulated 

 with a vandyked border of white. On each side 

 of the wings is a large, circular, violet spot, soften- 

 ing into white in the centre. The upper wings 

 have, besides, two pale blue spots towards their 

 extreme points. The body is peach colour ; the head 

 is black, with four eyelet spots ; and the eyes are 

 scarlet. The antennae are long and slender. The 

 under surface is variously clouded, streaked, and 

 mottled with black, brown, orange, and blue. The 

 extent of the wings is four inches. 



The Bolina Butterfly inhabits the island of 

 Amboyna. There are several varieties of this insect. 



