OO ORNITHOPTERA. 



caterpillars of Papilio, it is furnished with two 

 retractile tentacula; the body is large and thick, 



and bears eight rows 

 of rather long fleshy 

 prominences, of a co- 

 nical shape. The chry- 

 salis into which it is 

 transformed is some- 

 what curved, having 

 the head obtuse, and 

 a few projecting points 

 above the middle. It 

 is suspended by the 

 tail, and a transverse 

 band, which, however, 

 does not encompass the 

 body, but is inserted on 

 each side. (See Fig.) 

 This group is but of limited extent, but it com- 

 prehends some of the largest and most beautiful 

 lepidoptera yet known to us. With one exception, 

 which extends over a portion of the Indian conti- 

 nent, they are confined to the Mollucca, Philippine, 

 and others of the numerous and extensive islands 

 of the Indian Archipelago. The species figured, 

 which is the most beautiful of the whole, and to 

 which Linnaeus applies the epithet of august, has 

 been long known and highly prized by collectors. 

 It is named 



