ENTOMOLOGY. 



amateur are the first that have appeared. — When we consider the 

 celebrity which the entomological writings of Fabricius have ac- 

 quired it may be satisfactory to learn that the delineation now before 

 us is copied from the individual specimen which Fabricius had des- 

 cribed, and that no other figure of this very interesting Papilio is 

 extant. 



The upper surface of the butterfly is of a dark brown colour of 

 peculiar richness, crossed by stripes of deep scarlet. The insect 

 with expanded wings displayed in a flying position in the lower part- 

 of the plate exemplifies this aspect of the upper surface. The lower 

 surface is much more beautiti;' ; the marks and colours on the ante- 

 rior pair possess nearly the same character as those of the upper 

 surface ; the posterior pair are very different, being marked with 

 large annular bands of bright yellow upon a fuscous ground, and in- 

 closing a number of distinct spots of coerulean blue, which in beauty 

 emulate the brilliancy of the finest ultra marine : three of these 

 blue spots are placed in the dark ground upon the disk, the remain- 

 der are disposed in a semi-circle upon a band of black towards the 

 posterior extremity of the wings. This appearance is best per- 

 ceived when the insect appears in a resting position as it is seen 

 on one of the branches of the mimosa in the upper part of the 

 plate. 



This insect is a native of Brazil. 



