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THE RICINI BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Ricine. 
PLATE LX. 
Fapilio Helicon, Linn. Syst. Nat. ii. p. 756, No. 63.— 
Papilio Ricine, Cramer, Desc. de Papillons, iv. 174, pl. 
378, fig. a. B. 
‘THe upper and under wings and body of this in- 
sect are black; the upper wings entire, and the 
under ones slightly scalloped. In the centre of the 
upper wings are large oblong upright spots of rich 
yellow, and smaller ones of the same colour towards 
the extremity ; the interior margin is of a beautiful 
crimson colour, extending over half of the lower 
wings; on the back there are two yellow dots 
behind the head, with a horseshoe-shaped mark 
beneath them, below which are four small dots of 
the same colour; the segments of the body are 
spotted with yellow on each side. The eyes are 
scarlet. 
This insect inhabits America: the caterpillar 
feeds upon the Ricinus palma christi. The an- 
terior pair of fect are short, as is the case with all 
those butterflies with oblong wings, which foreign 
naturalists distinguish by the name of xarses. 
