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THE BOLINA BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Bolina. 
PLATE XXIX, 
Papilio Bolina, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, pl. 205, fig. a. 8. 
—Shaw's Nat. Misc. pl. 955. 
Tue wings are of an intense black, denticulated 
with a vandyked border of white. On each side 
of the wings is a large, circular, violet spot, soften- 
ing into white in the centre. The upper wings 
have, besides, two pale blue spots towards their 
extreme points. The body is peach colour; the 
head is black, with four eyelet spots ; and the eyes 
are scarlet. The antenne are long and slender. 
The under surface is variously clouded, streaked, 
and mottled with black, brown, orange, and blue. 
The extent of the wings is four inches. 
The Bolina Butterfly inhabits the island of 
Amboyna. There are several varieties of this in. 
sect, 
