PLATE CXXX. 



referred to is Papilio Acamas, one of the many very beautiful insects 

 which had been described by Fabricius from the drawings of 

 Mr. Jones and of which no other figure is extant, with the exception 

 of that in our publication. At the time we were describing Papilio 

 Acamas, it was mentioned that another insect, Papilio Laodocus of 

 Fabricius and of the drawings of Mr. Jones, was to be considered as 

 a near approximation of that species, and that the difference consisted 

 chiefly in the disposition and colour of the spots, and some other 

 more minute particulars. We are now induced to insert Papilio 

 Laodocus in this place in order to leave nothing unexplained as to 

 the precise distinction of these tw^o very remarkable and analogous 

 Papiliones. 



Upon due comparison of these two figures and their respective 

 descriptions, which we have now given, it will be pereeived that there 

 is a large and broad yellow band in the middle of the anterior wing in 

 Papilio Acamas, and that although Papilio Laodocus has a yellow 

 band in the same place, it is much smaller and abbreviated, and that 

 the series of spots which constitute a characteristic feature of con- 

 siderable beauty in the border of the posterior wings are red, blue 

 and yellow in P. Acamas, while in P. Laodocus they are rufous, 

 blue and white. Some little difference in their form will also become 

 obvious upon comparing the two figures with each other; and lastly, 

 it should be mentioned, that the body in P. Acamas is brown above 

 and pale beneath, while in P. Laodocus the body is black with a 

 white line down each side. 



Papilio Laodocus is a native of Brasil, and appears to be the 

 same as the Papilio Glaucus of Cramer. The former insect P. Acamas 

 is from J amaica. 



