Volume 18, Plate IV / Entomology (Insects)

Papilio Protestilaus & P. Sinon

1. Papilio Protes­tilaus. A swallow-tail of an extensive Papilio group, pale white and almost transparent, tinged green at the base of the superior wings, which bear seven narrow transverse black bands; the inferior wings are black behind, divided by rows of pale lunules, with a carmine anal spot and a very long narrow white-bordered tail. Among the commonest of Brazil, it expands nearly four inches, the whitish body marked with black stripes along back, sides, and belly.
2. Papilio Sinon. Smaller than the preceding, the wings seldom exceeding three inches across, black with pale greenish bands including two basal ones crossing both wings and a broad bifid central stripe, beyond which lie transverse spots and a marginal row of rounded then crescent-shaped marks. The anal angle bears an oblique vermilion spot and the tail is long, linear, and black; the body is black with white markings, and it inhabits Jamaica, Florida, and parts of South America.