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THE PARALECTA BUTTERFLY. 

 Papilio Paralecta. 



Paphia Paralecta, HorsfielcTs Descriptive Catalogue of Lepi- 

 dopterous Insects in the Museum of the East India 

 Company, pi. 6. fig. 4. 



THE extent of the wings of this beautiful insect, 

 from the tip of the one to that of the other, is three 

 inches and a half; and its total length two inches 

 and three quarters. Its general colour on the up- 

 per surface is of a deep azure blue, which changes 

 to purple by the play of light. The upper wings 

 have a broad bright fulvous sesquialterous band, 

 with undulated margins ; the space between 

 which and the extreme tips of the wings is of a 

 deep brownish black ; the anterior margin, betwixt 

 the sesquialterous band and the body of the insect, 

 is slightly tinged with green ; the head and back 

 deep blue ; eyes and sides of the thorax, as well as 

 the abdomen and interior margins of the lower 

 wings, is of a burnt umber brown ; the upper pair 

 of wings are each provided with two white spots, 

 the one situated in the lower margin of the sesqui- 

 alterous band, and the other towards the tips of 

 the wings ; the lower wings have two fulvous 



