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Papilio. 



4. Nox-group. North India, Java, and Philip- 



pines ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 species. 



5. Coon-gronp. North India to Java 2 



6. Poly dorus- group. India to New Guinea 



and Pacific 7 ,, 



7. Ulysses-group. Celebes to New Caledonia 4 



8. Peranthus - group. India to Timor and 



Moluccas (India, maximum) 9 



9. Memnon-group. India to Timor and Mo- 



luccas (Java, maximum) ... ... ... 10 ,, 



10. Helenus- group. Africa and India to New 



Guinea 11 



11. Pammon-group. India to Pacific and Aus- 



tralia 9 ., 



12. Erectheus-group. Celebes to Australia ... 8 



13. Demolion-group. India to Celebes ... 2 



14. Erithonius-group. Africa, India, Australia 1 



15. Paradoxa-group. India to Java (Borneo, 



maximum) 5 ., 



16. Dissimilis-group. India to Timor (India, 



maximum) 2 



17. Macareus-group. India to New Guinea ... 10 



18. Antiphates-group. Widely distributed ... 8 



19. Eurypylus-group. India to Australia ... 15 



Leptocircus. 



20 Leptocircus -group. India to Celebes ... 4 



This Table shows the great affinity of the Malayan 

 with the Indian Papilionidge, only three out of the 

 nineteen groups ranging beyond, into Africa, Europe, 

 or America. The limitation of groups to the Indo- 

 Malayan or Austro- Malay an divisions of the archi- 

 pelago, which is so well marked in the higher animals, 

 is much less conspicuous in insects, but is shown in 

 some degree by the Papilionidas. The following groups 



