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tjuiry has thrown suspicion on the authenticity of 
this account. The Rev. F. W. Hope informs Mr 
Stephens ( Illus . of Brit. Ent. 145), that he pos- 
sesses a specimen of P. Podalirius which was taken 
at Netlev, Salop. This statement ha3 not, as far 
as we know, been controverted, and seems to form 
the only unexceptionable authority for regarding the 
insect as an inhabitant of this country. It is very 
common in some parts of France, where it is named 
Le Flambe, from a supposed resemblance in the 
pyramidal shape of the black stripes to the form of 
flames. 
