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PAP. PROTE9ILAUS. 
PLATE IV. Fig. 1. 
Linn. Fair. Cramer, PI. 202, fig. A, IS ; Merian's Tvsee. Stirin . 
PI. 43. 
The two insects delineated on the adjoining plate 
exemplify a form which prevails among a pretty 
extensive group of the genus Papilio, and which is 
familiar to European entomologists as represented in 
a very characteristic manner by the beautiful P. 
Podalirius. The prolongation of the hinder wings 
into a long narrow tail is the most striking feature, 
and has caused them to be termed swallow tails. The 
ground colour is for the most part pale, — light yellow, 
or green, — and the wings are marked with numerous 
transverse stripes of dark brown or black. They 
are not confined to any particular country, but are 
distributed over most regions of the globe, although 
the greatest number are found in Brazil and other 
parts of America. P. Protesilau 3 is one of the most 
common inhabiting the country just named. It ex- 
pands nearly four inches ; surface pale white, almost 
transparent, tinged with green at the base of the 
superior wings ; the latter having seven narrow trans- 
verse black bands commencing at the anterior margin, 
the innermost five very short, the sixth descending 
