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THE PHORCAS BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Phorcas. 

 PLATE XXXIV. 



Papilio Phorcas, Gmeliri's Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 2239. 

 Cramer, Desc, de Papillons, i. pi. 2, f. B. c. 



THE upper surface of the wings, the body, head, 

 and eyes of this Papilio are black, and a large cloud 

 of a bright green runs through the centre of the 

 upper and under wings, the latter of M r hich are 

 furnished with caudate wings, and macular bands of 

 green, about an eighth of an inch from the margins ; 

 the upper wings have a large and small green spot 

 near their points. The under side of the body is the 

 same as the upper, but paler in the colour. 



This is a fine insect ; it is a native of Africa, and 

 is said to be not uncommon at Sierra Leone. It 

 measures four inches in length. 



