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that next the ocellus. Ocellus larger than the male. The tail differing 

 from male in being rounded and not obliquely cut off ( see plate). The 

 space between first and second submedian nervules greater than in the 

 male, giving the female tail a heavier appearance. Exp. 154 mm. ; 6% ins. 



Hab. Central China. 



In the collection of J. C. Hudson, Esq. 



Fig. I. Female. Fig. II. Contour of "tail" of male. 



I place this grand species next rhetenor. Mr. Leech writes 

 me " I place elwesii next rhetenor also." 



After examining a large number of specimens of the allies of 

 elwesii, I find that the faint blue scales forming the often incom- 

 plete row of crescentic 1 or orbicular marks on the secondaries of 

 rhetenor, protenor (in a less degree) and found in its greatest pro- 

 fusion on upper and under surface of polymnestor and its insular 

 variety parinda. 



Unlike nearly all other Papilios, the tail ot elwesii is not formed 

 of the prolongation of the third submedian nervule, but is formed 

 by the shortening of the fourth and fifth thus causing a distinct dip 

 in the contour. In this habit it is also accompanied by its ally, 

 P. icariiis of Westwood. 



OBITUARY. 



On April 14, 1893, J. F. M. BIGOT, the well-known Dipterist. He was 

 born in 1818. 



On May 6, 1893, JAMES WOOD-MASON, on the way from Calcutta to 

 England. Born in Gloucestershire in 1846. He was Professor of Com- 

 parative Anatomy at the Medical College of Bengal, and established a 

 reputation through his entomological and deep sea researches. 



On June 30, 1893, at Zurich-Hottingen, Switzerland, FRITZ RUHL, Presi- 

 dent of the Societas Entomologica, and editor of the journal bearing that 

 name, in the 57th year of his age. 



