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The first is tlie handsome Papilio memnon^ a splendid 

 butterfly of a deep black colour, dotted over with lines and 

 gronps of scales of a clear ashy blue. Its wings are five 

 inches in expanse, and the bind wings are rounded, with 

 scalloped edges. This applies to the males j but the females 

 are very different, and vary so much that they were once 

 suppose-d to form several distinct speciea They may be 

 divided into two groups- — those which resemble the male 

 in shape, and those which differ entirely from him in the 



outline of the wings. The first vary much in colour, 

 being often nearly white with dusky yellow and red 

 markings, but such differences often occur in buttei-fties. 

 The second group are much more extraordinary, and would 

 never he supposed to be the same insect, since the hind 

 wings are lengtlieued out into large spoon-sliaped taiU, no 



