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ARTICULATA. INSECT A. 



THE TIGER SWALLOWTAIL (Papilio Turnus\ and THE ADMIRABLE 

 (Vanessa Atalanta). 



exceedingly rich in species, the greater number of 

 which have the under wings furnished with a pro- 

 jection, which has given them the familiar name 

 of Swallowtails ; but some are destitute of this dis- 

 tinction. The genus is chiefly abundant in the hot 

 regions of South America and the Asiatic Islands ; 

 but we have one species in England, P. Machaon, 

 whose wings are yellow, banded with black. It is 

 scarce, but its handsome caterpillar, green with black 

 rings spotted with red, is occasionally found feeding 



