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LEPIDOPTERA. 
discoidal cell ; the posterior wings dentated without tails, with a discoidal palmated 
blotch, and six submarginal lunules of a sanguineous colour. Expanse of the 
wings, 4 inches. 
Syn. Papilio Astyanax, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 13. Enc. Meth. 9. 72. Boisduval, 
Hist. Nat. Lepidopt. 271. 
Papilio Mutius, 9 ? Fabr. loc. at p. 3. 
It is most probable that this figure represents an injured individual of Papilio 
Mutius, which differs only from Astyanax in possessing tails to the posterior wings. 
This might have occurred through the tails having been broken off, or, as in Papilio 
Polydorus, some individuals of P. Mutius may possess only very rudimental tails. 
The species was originally described by Fabricius from the collection of Mr. Drury, 
and the drawings of Mr. Jones, from which it is probable Mr. Donovan obtained this 
figure, and from which alone the French Entomologists are acquainted with the 
species. I possess the late Mr. Haworth’s specimens of P. Mutius, which together 
with the remainder of that gentleman’s collection of Papilionidae, were compared with 
Mr. Jones’s drawings, and which are labelled “ P. Astyanax ? ” the mark of doubt 
being probably added from the difference in the tail. 
The P. Astyanax of the earlier works of Fabricius, is a totally different insect, 
and a native of America. 
PAPILIO POLYMNESTOR. 
Plate XX. fig. 2. 
Species. Papilio Polymnestor : alis dentatis, nigris ; anticis fascia lata transversa submar- 
ginali albida, (venis interrupta) ; posticis apice caerulescenti-plumbeis, maculis atris 
ordinatim digestis. Expans. alar. unc. 6^. 
Papilio : with the wings dentated, black ; the anterior having a broad transverse 
submarginal whitish band, (interrupted by the veins) ; the posterior wings with the 
terminal half leaden-blue, with two rows of black spots. Expanse of the wings, 
61 inches. 
Syn. Papilio (Eq. Tr.) Polymnestor, Fab. Ent. Syst. III. 1. p. 18. Cramer, tab. 53, figs. A, B. 
Papilio Polymnestor, Enc. Meth. 9. 29. Boisduval, Hist. Nat. Leid. p. 191. 
Habitat. “ Various parts of India,” {Donovan). Cachemere, Ceylon, {Boisduval). 
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