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ORNITHOPTERA REMUS. 
PLATE I. Pig. 2. 
Pap. Remus, Fubr. Godart , Cramer , 135, A, 136, A, and 386, 
A, B. — Pap. hypolithus, var. Cramer , 10, A, B, 11, A, B. 
One of the largest species, the expansion of the 
wings sometimes measuring nearly eight inches. 
The superior pair are black, with a slight greenish 
reflection, and having a broad greyisli-white stripe 
running along each side of the secondary nervures. 
The inferior wings are dark grey on the surface, 
and of a shining white on the under side, the latter 
having a black sinuated border interrupted by seven 
irregular spots of golden-yellow' diminishing in size 
as they approach the abdominal margin. In the 
female, which is the sex represented on the adjoin- 
ing plate, the golden-yellow spots are much larger, 
somewhat wedge-shaped, and each of them, except 
the outermost, marked with a large oval black spot. 
The abdomen is bright yellow above, paler on the 
under side, and irregularly spotted with black ; the 
head, thorax, breast, and antennae entirely of the 
latter colour. 
The native country of this elegant species is the 
island of Amboina. 
