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ORNITHOPTERA PRIAMUS. 
PLATE I. Fig. 1. 
Boisd. Species gener. des Lepidop ., 173. — Papilio Priamns, Linn. 
Latr. Godart, Cramer ; Papillons exotiqu.es, 23, A, B ; Do- 
novan's Insects of India , PI. 3. 
Female. Pap. Panthous, Linn. ; Cramer , 123, A, and 124, A ; 
Don. Ins. of India, PI. 2. 
Such a remarkable discrepancy exists in the ap- 
pearance of the sexes, that they were always re- 
garded as separate species till lately, when their 
proper relationship to each other happened to be 
ascertained. The anterior wings of the male are 
deep velvety black, with two broad longitudinal 
stripes of rich silky green, curved, and narrowing 
at both extremities ; between these stripes there is 
a large brownish spot disposed longitudinally. The 
hinder wings are silky green, with the posterior 
margin, and a series of four pretty large circular 
spots, velvet-black ; between the black spots and 
posterior border are two orange spots, and another 
of larger size towards the base of the wing. On the 
under side, the anterior wings have a macular band 
of gilded green, formed of contiguous wedge-shaped 
spots, an irregular patch towards the centre, and 
two streaks near the apex. The under side of the 
