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LEPIDOPTERA. 
PAPILIO EMPEDOCLES. 
Plate XVII. fig. 1. 
Species. Papilio Empedocles : alis fuscis ; anticis utrinque fascia maculari viridi, transversa 
media, posticis caudatis, subtus ad angulum ani lunulis duabus nigris. Expans, 
alar. unc. 4-|. 
Papilio : with the wings brown; the anterior on both sides with a transverse central 
band of green spots; the posterior tailed, and with two black lunules at the anal 
angle beneath. Expanse of the wings 4\ inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Nymphalis) Empedocles, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 70. Enc. Meth. 9. 810. 
Boisduval Hist. Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 29. 
Habitat. “ India Orientali,” ( Fabricius .) Island of Bourbon, (Boisduval.') 
The original Fabrician description was taken from a specimen in the collection of 
Sir Joseph Banks, now in the possession of the Linnsean Society. By Fabricius this 
species was inserted, by some strange oversight, amongst the Nymphales. 
PAPILIO DEIPHOBUS. 
$ Plate XVII. fig. 2. 
Species. Papilio Deiphobus : alis nigris subtus basi rubro-maculatis ; posticis candatis maculis 
septem rubris subannularibus submarginalibus. g . Expans. alar. unc. 6. 
Papilio : with black wings, the base beneath being spotted with red ; the posterior 
pair tailed, with seven red subannular and submarginal spots. Expanse of the 
wings 6 inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Eq. Tr.) Deiphobus, Linn. Syst. Nat. 2. 746. ClercTc Icon. t. 25. Cramer, 
#.181, A. B. Fabricius Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 5. Enc. Meth. 9. 64. Boisduv. Hist. 
Nat. Lepid. vol. 1, p. 200. 
£ Papilio Alcandor, Cramer, pi. 40, A. B. 
The female has the wings brown above, the posterior pair being ornamented with 
a large palmated buff mark in the centre. Boisduval gives the Moluccas, Amboyna, 
and Celebes, as the habitat of this species. 
