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THE PERANTHUS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Peranthus.—Cocuin Curna. 
PLATE XXIY. 
Papilio Peranthus, Gmelin’s Linné, p. 2232.—Shaw's Nat. 
Misc. pl. 512, fig. 2. 
Tue upper and under wings of this insect are 
black, with an area of yellow green around the body, 
and a macular band of transverse oblong-ovate olive 
green spots in the centre of the black, on the upper 
wings, which are entire. The lower wings are con- 
siderably scalloped, or indented, with two broad 
caudate wings. The body, head, and eyes are 
black ; and the antenne are short, in proportion to 
the size of the insect, which measures nearly four 
inches and three quarters in breadth. 
This insect inhabits Cochin China, and is more 
remarkable for the singularity of its general form, 
than for its beauty. It is exceedingly clumsy 
and heavy in its appearance. 
