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LEPIDOPTERA. 



PAPILIO EMPEDOCLES. 



Plate XVII. fig. 1. 



Species. Papilto Empedocles : alisfuscis ; anticis utrinque fascia maculari viridi, transversa 

 media, posticis caudatis, subtus ad angulum ani Iunulis duabus nigris. Expans. 

 alar. unc. 4iV. 

 Papilio : with the wings brown ; the anterior on both sides with a transverse central 

 band of green spots ; the posterior tailed and with two black lunules at the 

 anal angle beneath. Expanse of the wings 4| inches. 



Syn. Papilio (Nymphalis) Empedocles, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 70. Enc. M'eth. 9. 810. 



Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 29. 

 Habitat. " India Orientali," (Fabricius.) Island of Bourbon, (Boisduval.) 



The original Fabrician description was taken from a specimen in the collection of 

 Sir Joseph Banks, now in the possession of the Linngean Society. By Fabricius this 

 species was inserted, by some strange oversight, amongst the Nyrnphales. 



PAPILIO DEIPHOBITS. 



<J Plate XVII. fig. 2. 



Species. Papilio Deiphobus : alis nigris subtus basi rubro-maculatis ; posticis caudatis 

 maculis septem rubris subannularibus submarginalibus. $. Expans alar, 

 unc. 6. 

 Papilio : with black wings, the base beneath being spotted with red ; the posterior 

 pair tailed, with seven red subannular and sabmarginal spots. Expanse of 

 the wings 6 inches. 



Syn. Papilio (Eq. Tr.) Deiphobus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 746. Clerck Icon. t. 25. Cramer, 

 t. 181, A.B. Fabricius Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 5. Enc. M'eth. 9. 64. Boisduv. Hist, 

 Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 200. 

 5 Papilio Alcandor, Cramer, pi. 40, A. B. 



The female has the wings brown above, the posterior pair being ornamented with 

 a large palmated buff mark in the centre. Boisduval gives the Moluccas, Amboyna, 

 and Celebes, as the habitat of this species. 



