PARADISE MOTH. 
For this very curious and beautiful Moth^ 
we are indebted to Mr. Drury's valuable Col- 
lection of Exotic Insects. It is a native of 
Africa, and said to have been brought from 
Sierra Leona. 
We have taken the liberty to denominate 
this insectj from the extreme length of ifs 
wings, so far beyond all idea of what are called 
Swallow-Tails, the Paradise Moth: a name 
which, from it's obvious reference to theBirds^ 
of Paradise, seems to us sufficiently descriptive 
of it's prominent character. 
It certainly is a very singular and distinct 
species ; but we are entirely unacquainted with 
it '^s history, and totally at a loss to account for 
the intention of Nature in it's peculiar forma- 
tion. 
