PLATE XXXVII. 



Papilio Marica : alis dentatis testaceis apice nigris : anticarum 

 fascia alba, posticarum punctis cyaneis. — Fahr. 

 r.S.^. 2.^. 113. /z. 346. 



Papilio Marica. Jon, fig.pkt, 5. tdb, l. 



Every admirer of the works of nature, will we trust, approve of 

 the selection we have made in the present number, as combining at 

 once an assemblage of curious objects, no less pleasing in their 

 appearance than interesting for their scarcity. The Naturalist, we 

 are persuaded, will not withhold his commendation : the introduction 

 of that noble insect Papilio Marica, in particular, will not fail to 

 afford some pleasure, and to be regarded as an object worthy of the 

 opening of a second volume of our scientific labours. Papilio 

 Enothrea is both scarce and singular, and the Galbula Albirostris, 

 or White Billed Jacamar, may be considered as the most unusual 

 species of its tribe. With respect to Papilio Marica, in particular, 

 it should be observed that it is a species of very extraordinary 

 character : it is an insect of great beauty, and in point of magnitude 

 stands almost unrivalled by any other of the Nymphales tribe, to 

 which it appertains : it is no less estimable for its rarity than either 

 its size or beauty, and above all we may very safely pronounce it to 

 be one among the number of those choice insects whicli Fabricius 

 had made known to the learned world full thirty years ago, through 

 the medium of his " Entomologia Systematica but of which, not- 

 withstanding such publicity, no figure whatever is to be found in 

 any publication. A representation of this very choice and interesting 

 insect has consequently remained till this late period among the 



