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THE IDALIA BUTTERFLY. 

 Papilio Idalia. 



Papilio Idalia, Fabr. Sp. In. ii. p. 109. Drury, Ins. i. pi. 

 13, figs. 1, 2, 3 Shaw's Nat. Mis. pi. 1035. 



THE breadth of the Idalia Butterfly is four inches 

 and an eighth in extent ; the wings are of a deep 

 rusty brown in the centre, with variously-shaped 

 blotches of black, around which the whole are broadly 

 bordered with black, and spotted with equidistant 

 triangular white marks, with a row of these on the 

 posterior margin ; the lower wings are of an intense 

 bluish black, with large, pale, cream-coloured, 

 somewhat square-shaped spots; the margins are 

 indented, and have a row of white crescent-shaped 

 spots near their edges ; a streak of brown extends 

 from the insertion of the wings to nearly their 

 centre ; the head, eyes, and thorax, are of a burnt 

 umber brown colour; the abdomen deep Ant- 

 werp blue, and the sides provided with brown 

 downy hairs. The under surface of the wings 

 have silvery spots. 



This butterfly is a native of many parts of North 

 America. 



