PLATE CLXXVII. 



In the entomological collection of the late H. Fuesli, Esq. a 

 collection of no small extent, and which, after his death, was sub- 

 mitted particularly to our investigation, we found, among other 

 tracts of material interest, an exemplaire of a new work in the Latin 

 and German languages, in which the curious insect now before us is 

 figured and described. This Prodromus of a new work on Exotic 

 Entomology, for such it appears to be, we are inclined to regard as 

 the portion of a publication on the subject that was not continued. 

 We are thus precise respecting it, because we were not aware till the 

 occurrence of this fragment, that the insect now before us, and 

 which we obtained from a cabinet of insects collected in India, had 

 been before made public. The author of the tract adverted to, has 

 named this insect from its general resemblance to the well known 

 species Papilio Hector, Papilio Hectorides, and since this name has 

 appeared anterior to our publication, it would be uncandid to object 

 to it ; we shall for this reason adopt the name, and also the specific 

 character which he assigns to it. 



We should furthermore observe, that the author of this tract, 

 whose name we have yet to learn, refers for a specimen of this curious 

 and very rare species to the collection of Mr. Gerning, of Frankfort 

 on the Mayne, a cabinet of much celebrity, but which we have been 

 informed has been since dispersed by public sale. 



Our readers may recollect that in the preceding volume of the 

 present work, we presented them with the figure and description of 

 a new species of the Papilio tribe under the name of P. Latreillii, an 

 insect of Nepaul, not before made known, and which had been 

 obligingly communicated by its worthy proprietor, Alexander 



