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THE LUDOVICA BUTTERFLY. 



Papilio Ludovica. 

 PLATE LVII. 



Papilio Ludovica, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, iv. p. 17, 

 pi. 297, fig. E, 



THE external sides of the upper wings of this 

 insect are black, with various small patches of fine 

 yellow ; and a large band of the same colour bounds 

 the black, within which, and extending over the body 

 and lower wings, is a fine chestnut colour; the 

 lower wings have a marginal band of black, with a row 

 of white dots in the middle, which are continuous in 

 the upper wings ; the upper part of the back has four 

 small round dots of white ; the eyes are scarlet ; and 

 the antennae long and slender. The under surface 

 of the wings corresponds in every respect with the 

 upper surface. 



This is one of that tribe which is so remarkable for 

 its oblong transverse shape ; the body is also singularly 

 formed, being excessively small at the commencement 

 of the segments, and gradually bulging till about the 

 middle one, from whence it abruptly tapers to the tail, 

 which is short. 



It is a native of Surinam. 



