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THE AGNOR BUTTERFLY. 

 Papilla Agnor. 



PLATE XIT. 



J a,pilio Agnor, Linnaeus Systema Naturae^ ii. p. 747 

 Clerk, ic. Ins. Rar. pi. 15 Cramer Desc. des Pap. i. 

 pi. 8, fig. A, B Shaw's Nat. Mis. pi. 500. 



THE upper wings of the Papilio Ay nor are 

 irownish black, having broad streaks of deep black, 

 nd with a large and small elongated triangular 

 arlet spot towards their insertion, and placed near 

 e anterior margin ; the upper one being greatly 

 larger than the under one; the lower wings are 

 wnish black on the upper half, and white on 

 ;he disc, with longitudinal broad black veins, be- 

 ween each of which is a large upright oblong ovate 

 black spot ; both upper and lower wings are con- 

 iderably dentated ; the antennae are provided with 

 pretty large club-shaped tips ; the body is black 

 and downy. 



This insect measures three inches and six-eighths 

 rom the tip of one wing to that of the other, and 

 is an inhabitant of several parts of Asia. 



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