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PAP. PROTESILAUS. 

 PLATE IV. Fig. 1. 



Linn. Fabr. Cramer, PI. 202, fig. A, B ; MeriarCs Insec. Surin. 

 PI. 43. 



The two insects delineated on the adjoining plate 

 exemplify a form which prevails among a pretty 

 extensive group of the genus Papilio, and which is 

 familiar to European entomologists as represented in 

 a very characteristic manner by the beautiful P. 

 Podalirius. The prolongation of the hinder wings 

 into a long narrow tail is the most striking feature, 

 and has caused them to be termed swallow tails. The 

 ground colour is for the most part pale, — light yellow, 

 or green, — and the wings are marked with numerous 

 transverse stripes of dark brown or black. They 

 are not confined to any particular country, but are 

 distributed over most regions of the globe, although 

 the greatest number are found in Brazil and other 

 parts of America. P. Protesilaus is one of the most 

 common inhabiting the country just named. It ex- 

 pands nearly four inches ; surface pale white, almost 

 transparent, tinged with green at the base of the 

 superior wings ; the latter having seven narrow trans- 

 verse black bands commencing at the anterior margin, 

 the innermost five very short, the sixth descending 



