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blue spot, wnicl. derives additionai iustre from tire dusky coiour surrounding it. Anotlier
species, very similar to Papilio Paris, but witliout this spot, is also found m China.
It has been supposed to be the female o f our species, which opinion is adopted m tlie
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Fabricius names it Bianor, after Cram er, p i. 1 0 3 ,,/ ig . b.
Dr Horsfield has described and figured another species, from .lava, in ins Lepidoptera
.lavanica, under the name o f Papilio Arjuna. but which is so closely allied to P an s, that
It may eventually prove to be only a geographical variety. Its larva is cylmdr.cal vnth
a coriaceous sliield-like plate, extending over the three anterior segments o f the body :
the chrysalis is greatly angulated, with the head notched, Anotlier species, or at least
strong variety, has been lately received from the Himalayan mountains
PA PILIO C R INO .
P la te 23.
C m. S p . P . alis nigris atoinis viridi-aureis, fescia communi cmnileo-viridi ; posticis c au d a tis,
ocello ana li n itb , his su b tu s lu nulis viridibus Cieruleis c inereisque. E x p an s . a la r.
3^ u n c . ■ 1 .1
P with th e wings b la ck and sp rin k led with gold en -g re en a tom s, with a g re enish-blue
' b a r nm n in g across a ll th e w ings, th e poste rior p a ir ta ile d , witli a red eye le t a t th e
an a l a n g le ” b en e a th with gre en, blue, a n d a shy Innules. E x p a n s e o f th e wings
3 | inches.
Pap ilio Crin o , Jo n e s. F a b r ic iu s E n t . S y s t . 3. 1. p . 5 . E n c . M é th . IX . p . 6 6 .
B o isd u va l H is t. N a t . L ep id . 1. p . 207.
Pap ilio R eg u lu s , S to l l S u p p l. Crame r. 5 . p i 4 1 . / . 1.
This splendid butterfly is extremely rare, and its precise country is doubtful. Fabri-
cins says, “ Habitat in A f r ic a . Mus. Dorn. Drury.” Donovan, however, who had access
to Drury's collections, says, “ W e liave found an unique specimen o f this species in the
collection o f Mr. Drury, and on that authority we include it as a native o f China. Fabn cius
erroneously g iv es Africa as its locality.” In the En cyclopédie Méthodique, Africa is
oiven Boisduval g ives “ Iiides orientales his unique specimen having been sent to
him by M. Drege as from Cochin China, but which Boisduval thinks may possibly be
erroneous, Tlie° manuscripts o f Drury, now in my possession, throw no ligh t upon tlie
subiect further than that there are several unnamed species indicated as inhabitants ot
China as well as o f Sierra Leone. But from the strong affinity between Crino, Palinurns,
Paris &c. it is scarcely to he doubted that China or India is the real locality o f Crmo.
Rcnealmia eæaltata, a majestic plant, near seven feet in height, bearing a fine pendant
group o f flowers at the summit, is figured in the plate.
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