PLATE CLVIII. 



An example of this very remarkable insect was observed by 

 Fabricius in the British Museum, some time anterior to the year 

 1793, and previously to that period the specimen had been copied 

 into the drawings of Mr. Jones : whether it is now extant or not 

 appears to be uncertain, nor have we any recollection of having met 

 with it in any other cabinet. Those circumstances can scarcely fail 

 to render its figure acceptable, and this the more especially when it 

 is added, that the only figure of the species is that preserved in the 

 unpublished drawings of Mr. Jones, and that the copy now submitted 

 to the naturalist presents a faithful transcript of that original 

 design. 



In point of size, Papilio Dryasis deserves attention : it is inferior 

 to none of its peculiar tribe of Papiliones, and although its colours 

 are not remarkable for their vivid tints, it is not devoid at least of 

 some attractive peculiarity. The prevailing colour is rufous brown ; 

 the upper surface is distinguished by two white spots, both of which 

 are situated on the first pair of wings, the largest in the middle, 

 and the smaller nearer the anterior margin. On the lower surface 

 all the Wings are spotted with white, but the spots are smaller : 

 eight of those white spots are situated in the disk of the anterior 

 pair, and five in the posterior ones. 



Native country unknown. 



