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at the tips, with black rays ; the posterior pair tailed, and with seven red 

 lunules. Expanse of the wings 3|- inches. 



_ , „ , ,, , TTT i „ in K»r Meth 9 71. Boisduval Hist. 

 Syn. Papilio Antiphus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p- W- &nc. Jle " L 



Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 2G6. 



Var. Papilio Polygius, Enc. Meth. 9. 811. 



Habitat. India, (Fabridus). Philippine Islands, (Enc. Meth.) Manilla, (Boisduval). 



Nearly allied to Papilio Polydorus, but one-fifth smaller, and without the white 

 spot on the posterior wings. It was originally described by Fabricius from the un- 

 published collection of drawings of Mr. Jones, from which it is most probable that 

 Donovan, who had access thereto, obtained this figure, which is the only one yet 

 published of the species. In the Encyclopedic Methodiqve, a variety of this species, 

 with nine red lunules, is described under the name of Papilio Polygius, from the 

 Philippine Islands, where this insect appears to replace Papilio Polydorus. 



ORNITHOPTERUS PRIAMUS. 



<J Plate XVI. 

 Genus. Ornithopterus. (Ornithoptera, Boisduval) 



Species. Ornithopterus Priamus : alis holosericeis supra viridibus, limbo nigro ; anticis 

 fascia longitudinali latissima ; posticis maculis submarginatibus, nigris ; his 

 denticulatis abdomine flavo $ . Expans. alar. unc. 8|. 

 Ornithorpterus : with the wings silky ; above green with a black border, the 

 anterior with a very broad longitudinal black bar, the posterior with black 

 submarginal spots, the latter wings denticulated, the abdomen yellow, J". 

 Expanse of the wings 8\ inches. 

 Syn. Papilio (Equ. Tr.) Priamus, Linn. Amain. Acad. 5. 3. / 203. Syst. Nat. 2. 744. 

 Clerck Icones, t. 17 . Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 11. Cramer, pi. 23, A. B. Enc. 

 Meth. 9, p. 25. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 173. 



Donovan observes, that " With the exception of Papilio Ulysses, which perhaps 

 in point of splendour may excel, Papilio Priamus is beyond comparison the most lovely 

 creature of this tribe of insects hitherto discovered, either in India or any other 

 country. It is a native of Amboyna, where we understand it is extremely rare, and 

 bears a considerable price among the Dutch amateurs in that island. We obtained a 

 pair of them in fine condition some years ago from the cabinet of the late Mr. Tunstall, 

 who had purchased them in Holland, from a collection made by one of the Dutch 

 governors in Amboyna, This rarity is figured in a resting position on the blossoms 

 of the Mimosa Grandiflora." 



