LEPIDOPTERA. 



the only specimen of it yet brought to Europe is that from which our figure is copied. 

 It was taken near Pekin, by a gentleman in the suite of Earl Macartney, in the embassy 

 to China ; and was originally in the possession of Mr. Francillon, of London, who kindly 

 permitted drawings and descriptions to be made of this and every other insect in his 

 magnificent collection that could enhance the value of this publication. It is still so 

 rare that M. Boisduval states that he had never seen a specimen of it. 



Papilio Telamon bears a distant resemblance to P. Protesilaus, but a much stronger 

 to P. Ajax : pursuing then the metaphorical method of arranging the butterflies in the 

 Linnaean manner, the name of the father of Ajax, who was one of the distinguished 

 Grecian Princes at the siege of Troy, has been given to this species. 



PAPILIO AGAMEMNON. 



Plate 26. fig. 2. 



Ch. Sp. P. alis nigris viridi-maculatis, posticis breviter caudatis, his subtus ocello lunato ma- 

 culisque rubris. Expans. alar. 3J unc. 

 P. with the wings black and spotted with pale green, the posterior pair with short tails 

 and ornamented beneath with a lunate eyelet and red spots. Expansion of the 

 wings 3 J inches. 



Syn. Papilio Agamemnon, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. p. 748. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 3. I. p. 33. 



Enc. Meth. IX. p. 46. Boisduval Lep. I. p. 230. 

 Papilio jEgistus, Cramer, 106. CD. (corrected, p. 151.) 



Papilio Agamemnon is found in several parts of Asia (China, Bengal, Java, the y 

 Moluccas and Philippine Islands, Manilla, Timor). The under side is beautifully adorned 

 with a number of bright green spots of various sizes. The general colour is pale pink, 

 diversified with shades of chestnut brown. The upper side is much plainer ; the general 

 colour is black, except the spots, which are green, and precisely agree in shape with 

 those on the under side. Dr. Horsfield has figured the transformations of this insect 

 (Lepid. Javan. pi. 4. f. 12), the larva is short and thick, with a forked tail; the chrysalis 

 has the head very obtuse. This species is the type of Dr. Horsfield's second section of 

 the genus, having the club of the antenna oval and compressed. 



