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THE DEIPHOBUS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Deiphobus. 

 PLATE XXXH. 



Papilio Deiphobus, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 744 Cramer, 



Des. de Papillons, i. p. 64, pi. 40 Shaw's Nat. Misc. 



pi. 540. 



THE upper wings are deep brownish black, slightly 

 indented, and marked with two acute triangular 

 patches of crimson on the shoulders. The lower 

 wings are deeply indented, and clouded with white, 

 crimson, and black ; furnished with two large caudate 

 wings. The body, head, and eyes, are black. The 

 antennae are rather slender, with large knobs at their 

 tips. 



This insect measures six inches and a half in 

 breadth. It inhabits India. The different specimens 

 are observed to vary occasionally in their colours. 



