Dedicated to the Memory of the Late J. O. WESTWOOD, Esq., M.A., F.L.S., 



Mem. Soc. Entomol. de France ; 



also Member of the Nat. Hist. Societies of Moscow, Mauritius, 



Zool. and Entom. Societies of London, &c, &c. ; 



The First Hope Professor of Zoology, University Museum, Oxford. 



ICONES ORNITHOPTEEOEUM 



A Monograph of the Papilionine Tribe TROIDES of Hubner, 



OR 



ORNITHOPTERA 



[BIRD-WING BUTTERFLIES] OF BOISDUVAL, 



BY 



ROBERT H. F. RIPPON, 



CORRESP. MEMBER OF TORONTO NAT. HIST. SOC, &c 



VOL. I. 



With 45 Coloured and Plain Plates and Maps by the Author. 



' The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." — Ps. cxi., 2. 



' Seigneur ! tu es digne de recevoir la gloire, l'honneur, et la puissance ; car tu as cree toutes choses, et c'est par 



ta volonte qu'elles subsistent et qu'elles ont ete creees." — Apocalypse, iv., 11. 

 ' Cuan grandes son tus obras, oh Jehova ! muy profundas son tus pensamientos." — Salmos xcii., 6. 

 ' Es sollen dir danken, Herr, alle deine werke und deine Heiligen dich loben ! "—Ps. cxlv., 10. 

 ' Siehe, also gehet sein Thun ; aber davon haben wir ein gering Wortlein vernommen ? Wer will aber den 



Donner seiner macht versteben ? "—Hiob xxvi., 14. 

 ' Lo, these are a part of His ways ; but how little a portion is heard of Him ? But the thunder of His power 



who can understand? "—Job xxvi., 14. 

 '■' Con las obras de tus manos me regocijo." — Salmo xcii., 5. 



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