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SCARCE SWALLOW-TAIL BUTTERFLY. 
Papilio Podalirius. 
PLATE IV. Fig. 2. 
Linn Donovan, iv. 1, PI. 109. — Lcwin, PI. 35. 
The ground colour in this conspicuous insect is 
yellow ; the anterior edge and outer margin of the up- 
per wings are black, and there are six transverse 
tapering bands of the same colour on each, the third 
and fifth from the base scarcely reaching the middle, 
and the fourth and sixth not extending to the hinder 
margin. The under wings are likewise marked with 
several parallel black streaks ; a large portion of the 
hinder extremity, as well as the elongated tail, are of 
the same colour, and there is a series of large blue 
crescents near the margin, which is itself edged with 
yellow. The anal angle of each of the hinder wings 
is ornamented with a red spot, bounded in front by 
a black crescent, and behind by an oval black spot 
bearing a curved streak of blue. The markings on 
the under side do not differ materially from those of 
the surface, the principal difference consisting in a 
reddish line between the two largest bars on the 
under wings. The body is yellow, black on the 
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