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ORNITHOPTERA REMUS. 

 PLATE I. Fig. 2. 



Pap. Remus, Fabr. Godart, Cramer, 135, A, 136, A, and 386, 

 A, B — Pap. hypolithus, var. Cramer, 10, A, B, 11, A, B. 



One of the largest species, the expansion of the 

 wings sometimes measuring nearly eight inches. 

 The superior pair are black, with a slight greenish 

 reflection, and having a broad greyish-white stripe 

 running along each side of the secondary nervures. 

 The inferior wings are dark grey on the surface, 

 and of a shining white on the under side, the latter 

 having a black sinuated border interrupted by seven 

 irregular spots of golden-yellow diminishing in size 

 as they approach the abdominal margin. In the 

 female, which is the sex represented on the adjoin- 

 ing plate, the golden-yellow spots are much larger, 

 somewhat wedge-shaped, and each of them, except 

 the outermost, marked with a large oval black spot. 

 The abdomen, is bright yellow above, paler on the 

 under side, and irregularly spotted with black ; the 

 head, thorax, breast, and antennae entirely of the 

 latter colour. 



The native country of this elegant species is the 

 island of Amboina. 



