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THE PHORCAS BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Phorcas. 
PLATE XXXIV. 
Papilio Phoreas, Gmelin’s Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 2239. 
Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, i. pl. 2, f. 3. c. 
Tue upper surface of the wings, the body, head, 
and eyes of this Papilio, are black. A large cloud 
of a bright green runs through the centre of the 
upper and under wings, the latter of which are 
furnished with caudate wings, and macular bands of 
green, about an eighth of an inch from the margins ; 
the upper wings have a large and small green spot 
near their points. The under side of the body is 
the same as the upper, but paler in the colour. 
This is a fine insect ; it is a native of Africa, and 
is said to be not uncommon at Sierra Leone. It 
measures four inches in length. 
