178 THE INSECT WORLD. 
Kuropean butterflies. The wings are variegated with yellow and 
black; the eyes, antenne, and trunk are black. The body is 
yellow on the sides and underneath, and black above. The front 
wings have rounded edges; the hind ones, on the contrary, are 
notched, and one of these notches is prolonged into a sort of tail. 

Fig. 140.—Larva and Chrysalis of Papilio machaon. 
The first are black, spotted and striped with yellow; the second 
have their upper part and middle yellow, with some touches only 














































Fig. 141.—Papilio alexanor. 
of black. Near the margin is a broad black band, dusted with 
blue; lastly, six yellow spots in the form of a crescent run along 
