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THE DEIPHOBUS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Deiphobus. 
PLATE XXXII, 
Papilio Deiphobus, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 744. Cramer, Desc. 
de Papillons, i. p. 64, pl. 40.—Shaw’s Nat. Misc. pl. 540. 
THE upper wings are deep brownish black, slightly 
indented, and marked with two acute triangular 
patches of crimson on the shoulders. The lower 
wings are deeply indented, and clouded with white, 
crimson, and black ; furnished with two large cau- 
date wings. The body, head, and eyes are black. 
The antenne are rather slender, with large knobs 
at their tips. 
This insect measures six inches and a half in 
breadth. It inhabits India. The different speci- 
mens are observed to vary occasionally in their 
colours. 
