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On the Entomologjj of the 



[July 



nigro-picum pnnctatum seneo submicans ; segmento penultirao lateraliter 

 et angulariter producto (^) aut simplici ( $ ). Forceps ( ) niger valde 

 elongatTis, gracilis ad basin, valde externe curvatiis, in medio, dontibus 

 duobus parvis internis iiistructus, apice sursum et exterius produoto, 

 acuto (9) elongatus multo gracilior, rufesceus fere rectus et inermis. 



ORDER LEPIDOPTERA LINN. 

 DIURNA. Family Papilionid^. 



Papilio Maciiaon, Linn. 



This handsome butterfly, like Vaness£e Antiopa, and Atalanta, Cyn- 

 thia Cardui, and some others, affords an instance of wide geographical 

 range,* rather than of representative structure, since the individual 

 figured cannot be regarded as specifically distinct from the European spe- 

 cimens, which differ amongst themselves in various slight particulars, as 

 the size of the dark bars, and spots, &c. It may, however, be noticed, 

 that I he specimen figured has the small oval black spot near the extre- 

 Hiity of the anterior wings almost entirely isolated, the large basal black 

 portion of the same wings is very strongly covered with yellow powder, 

 whilst the black lunules of the posterior wings are not nearly so much 

 powdered with blue bloom, as in the ordinary English specimens. 



Fam. Nymphalid^. 



Paphia Pabakekta, Horsfield. Lepidopt. Javanica, 



Paph. alis anticis ad apicem acutis, posticis subcaudatis ; anticis supra 

 ad basin caeruleis, fascia obliqua lata fulva in medio, apiceque nigro ; 

 macuiisque duabusparvis albis (una discoidali, altera apicali) ornatis ; 

 posticis caeruleis. 



The preceding characters, drawn from the upper surface of the wings 

 of this remarkable butterfly, will suffice for its determination until the 

 publication of Dr. Horsfield's description. The under surface of the 

 wings are, however, much more remarkable, bearing a most striking re- 

 semblance to a pale dried leaf; the deception being much increased by 

 the form of the wings, when brought in contact by the Insect, whilst 

 sitting upon a flower in the sun-shine, the short caudal appendages 



• Messrs. Godart and Latreille, in the Encyclop^die M^thodique (vol. IX., Art. Papil- 

 Ion) state, that Pap. Machaon is found in Syria and Egypt. 



