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THE ATYS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Atys.—Surinam. 
PLATE X. 
Papilio Atys, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, pl. 269, fig. . F. 
—Shaw’s Nat. Miscellany, pl. 951. 
Tue wings of this pretty Papilio are black, with 
the body, and centre of the wings, of a rich and 
clear verdigris green, spreading in streaks from the 
body through the black ; near the anterior margin 
on each wing are two ovate black spots, blue in the 
middle ; there are two caudate appendages on the 
base of the lower wings, which terminate in a cir- 
cular nob. The eyes are scarlet. 
The Papilio atys is a native of Surinam, and is 
represented in the plate of the natural size. 
