88 ORNIXIIOPTERA. 
caterpillars of Papilio, it is furnished with two 
retractile tentacula ; the body is large and thick, 
and bears eight rows 
of rather long fleshy 
prominences, of a co- 
nical shape. The chry- 
salis into which it is 
transformed is some- 
what curved, having 
the head obtuse, and 
a few projecting points 
above the middle. It 
is suspended by the 
tail, and a transverse 
band, which, however, 
does not encompass the 
body, but is inserted on 
each side. (See Fig.) 
This group is but of limited extent, but it com- 
prehends some of the largest and most beautiful 
lepidoptera yet known to us. With one exception, 
which extends over a portion of the Indian conti- 
nent, they are confined to the Mollueca, Philippine, 
and others of the numerous and extensive islands 
of the Indian Archipelago. The species figured, 
which is the most beautiful of the whole, and to 
which Linnaeus applies the epithet of august, has 
been long known and highly prized by collectors. 
It is named 
