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LEPIDOPTERA. 
the tips, with black rays ; the posterior pair tailed, and with seven red lunules. 
Expanse of the wings 31 inches. 
Syn. Papilio Antiphus, Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 10. Enc. Meth. 9. 71. Boisduval Hist. 
Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 266. 
Var. Papilio Polygius, Enc. Meth. 9. 811. 
Habitat : India, ( Fabricius ). Philippine Islands, {Enc. Meth.') Manilla, ( Boisduval ). 
Nearly allied to Papilio Polydorus, but one-fifth smaller, and without the white 
spot on the posterior wings. It was originally described by Fabricius from the unpub- 
lished collection of drawings of Mr. Jones, from which it is most probable that Donovan, 
who had access thereto, obtained this figure, which is the only one yet published of the 
species. In the Encyclopedic Methodique, a variety of this species, with nine red lunules, 
is described under the name of Papilio Polygius, from the Philippine islands, where this 
insect appears to replace Papilio Polydorus. 
ORNITHOPTERUS PRIAMUS. 
$ Plate XVI. 
Genus. Ornithopterus. (Ornithoptera, Boisduval.) 
Species. Ornithopterus Priamus : alis holosericeis supra viridibus, limbo nigro ; anticis fascia 
longitudinali latissima ; posticis maculis submarginatibus, nigris ; his denticulatis 
abdomine flavo g, Expans. alar. unc. 81. 
Ornithopterus: with the wings silky; above green with a black border, the anterior 
with a very broad longitudinal black bar, the posterior with black submarginal 
spots, the latter wings denticulated, the abdomen yellow, ^ . Expanse of the 
wings 81 inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Equ. Tr.) Priamus, Linn. Amcen. Acad. 5. 3 .f 203. Syst. Nat. 2. 744. ClercJc 
leones, t. 17. Fair. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 11. Cramer, pi. 23, A. B. Enc. Meth. 
9, p. 25. Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 173. 
Donovan observes, that “ With the exception of Papilio Ulysses, which perhaps 
in point of splendour may excel, Papilio Priamus is beyond comparison the most lovely 
creature of this tribe of insects hitherto discovered, either in India or any other country. 
It is a native of Amboyna, where we understand it is extremely rare, and bears a con- 
siderable price among the Dutch amateurs in that island. We obtained a pair of them 
in fine condition some years ago from the cabinet of the late Mr. Tunstall, who had 
purchased them in Holland, from a collection made by one of the Dutch governors in 
Amboyna. This rarity is figured in a resting position on the blossoms of the Mimosa 
Grandiflora.” 
