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 LEPIDOPTERA. 



PAPILIO LACEDEMON. 



Plate XVII. fig. 3. 



Species. Papilio Lacedemon : alis dentatis nigro-fuscis, limulis marginalibus albis ; posticis 

 ecaudatis subtus brwmeis lunulis submarginalibus nigris. Expans. alar, 

 unc. 4L 

 Papilio : with the wings dentated, brownish-black, with marginal lunules ; the 

 posterior without tails, beneath brown, with black submarginal lunules. 

 Expanse of the wings i\ inches. 

 Syx. Papilio (Eq. Act.) Lacedemon, Fair. Eat. Syst. III. 1, p. 36. Boisduval Hist. Nat. 



Lepid. vol. 1, p. 374. Enc. Mith. 9. 38. 

 Habitat. Malabar, (Fabricius). 



ORNITHOPTERUS REMUS. 



Plate XVIII. 



Species. Ornithopterus Remus : alis nigris ; posticis dentatis, subtus albis, his utrinque 

 maculis submarginalibus auratis. Expans. alar. unc. 9J-. 

 Ornithopterus : with black wings ; the posterior pair dentate, beneath (except at 

 the base) white, with golden coloured submarginal spots more or less expanded. 

 Expanse of the wings 9i inches. 



Syn. Ornithoptera Kemus, Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. p. 176, (nee. Priamus ? p. 173). 



Papilio Remus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. I, p. 11. Cramer, pi. 135 A, 136 A, and 386 



A. B. Enc. M'elh. 9, p 126. Naturalist's Lib. Entomol. v. 5, pi. 1,/ 2. 

 Papilio Panthous, Donovan, 1st edit. 



Donovan observes of this species, that " it is one of the many magnificent natural 

 productions of Amboyna, and is extremely rare." By Donovan it was given as the 

 Papilio Panthous, with the further observation, " The supposed female of this insect 

 is also considered as the female of Papilio Priamus ; it is a gigantic creature, being 

 still larger than the butterfly represented, but it is less beautiful, and the general 

 colour an obscure reddish brown." The insect here referred to by Donovan is the 

 real Papilio Panthous, and is now generally considered to bo the true female of 

 P. Priamus. The insect here figured is evidently a male, as may be seen from the 

 anal valve, which so peculiarly distinguishes the males of the Ornithopteri. Hence 

 Godart and Boisduval must be in error in giving this figure as the female of Priamus. 

 In the nearly uniform colour of the upper wings it better agrees with P. Remus, 

 although the markings of the posterior wings are different. I have not, however, 



