ENTOMOLOGY. 



We may venture to affirm, with every degree of certainty, that 

 there is no figure of this very beautiful species, extant, in the work 

 of any previous author. Fabricius described it as a new species, 

 under the name of Papiho Thersites ; his description refers to a spe- 

 cimen in the cabinet of Dr. Hunter, but he has omitted to insert his 

 usual reference to the drawings of Mr. Jones, among which that 

 specimen was delineated, and from which we are well aware the 

 Fabrician description of the species is derived. It is from those 

 drawings, also, that we have been enabled to determine the species 

 with perfect accuracy. 



The magnitude of this Papiho renders it an object of peculiar 

 interest ; it is one of the most conspicuous insects of its tribe, and in 

 point of elegance cannot assuredly be considered inferior to any of its 

 numerous species. In the plate accompanying this description, the 

 Papilio is represented in its natural size : the whole disk is of a fine 

 yellow colour, with a deep black border : the posterior wings are 

 marked with a series of yellow lunules, and another of brilliant blue 

 spots, composed of little shining dots, of which the brightest are in 

 the centre. Beneath, the breast, abdomen, and wings, are yellow : 

 margin of the anterior pair black with a yellow streak, and a black 

 streak of spots on the lower pair. 



