( 335 ) 



?. Papilio Eques Achiviis beriiririlus Fabricius, Eiit. Sysl. III. 1. p. 72. n. 223 (1793) (China; 



desci'.from Jones's drmmiig .'). 

 $ . Papilio benuirdiis, Donovan, Tiia. of Chiiui t. 35 (1798) (China). 

 Doxocfipa epilais Htibner, Ver-.. bek. Schmett. p. aO. n. 464 (181G-27). 

 yymphdis 2iol!/.co Godart, Enc. MHh. IX. p. 399. n. 169 (1823) (China). 

 Siityriis herucirdus, Godart, I.e. p. 477. n. 2 (1823). 

 NymphiHs hernardus, Doubleday, West. & Hew., Genera Diiini. Lep. II. p. 309. n. 35 (1850) (China ; 



nnn " N. India.") 

 Charajes beniardus, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 636. n. 54 (1865) (China ; nnn "N. India"); 



id., Cat. Diurn. Lep. desn: by Fabr. p. 50. n. 2 (1809) (China) ; id,, Jourii. Linn. Soc. Loiul. 



XXT. p. 392. n. 125 (1896) (pt. ; China). 

 Nymphtdis pohi.eena, Kirby, Cat. Dinrii. Lep. p. 272. n. 52 (1871) (part.). 

 CJmraxes jmly.rena, Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 346 (1873) (China) ; Leech, Butt, of China, etc. 



I. p. 125 (1893) (Owei-shan ; Mupin) ; Butl., Joiirn. Linn. Soc. Lond. XXV. p. 392. n. 124 



(1896) (China). 

 Ilaridra hernardus, Moore, Lep. Iml. II. p. 246 (4896) (Hong-Kong, May). 

 Ilaridra poly.r.ena, Moore, I.e. p. 247 (1896) (S. China). 

 Clwra.rcs hierax, Butler, I.e. p. 390. n. 117 (1896) (pt. ; China, J".). 



Dr. F. Moore describes (Lc.) hernardus and pobjxena as two distinct species ; 

 the S S are indeed as different as the Indian banded and not-banded c? S of 

 hierax, but the description of what Moore regards to be the S of pobjxena, is 

 almost verbally the same as that of the ? of hernardus. One of the two ? ? iu 

 the British Museum has the discal band of the forewing much more ochraceons than 

 it is in Cramer's and Donovan's fignres, being only slightly paler than the basal 

 area of the wing, while the other ? agrees fairly well with those fignres ; a ? in 

 the Tring Museum has the band almost pure white. 



S. Dichromatic : in some specimens of the not-banded form there is a vestige 

 of the band iu the costal region. 



a'. Forewing with a white band, stopping at SM^, bluish at edges, sharply defined, 

 composed of three large patches R' — SM', and a small one R^ — R' which is more 

 proximal, two median spots SC^^ — R^, often absent, and two discal dots SC" — R^, 

 also often absent ; postdiscal tawny interstitial halfmoons R' — SM- more or less 



marked, or absent. Hindwing : discal interspaces C — R- whitish at median bars, 



the white scaling restricted, shaded with fulvous ; postdisco-snbmarginal black 

 patches C — R' large, extended to outer margin between C and SC', the other 

 patches gradually smaller ; white dots within the patches marked, often absent, 



except last two. Underside : discal arched bars of both wings tawny, not black, 



the postdiscal brown or black patches of forewing of other forms vestigial only in 

 costal region ; black basal to snbmedian bars of hindwing partly obsolete ; tail 

 3| mm. long. <S-f. pobjxena. 



6'. Forewing without white baud, or only with a trace of it in costal region ; 

 median bars SC° — SM- marked ; postdiscal tawny interstitial spots R' — SM' marked, 



variable in size, sometimes also spots R' — R- present or indicated. Hindwing : 



postdisco-submargiual patches more or less contiguous, except the last three, with 



or without white dots in centre. Underside: discal arched bars feebly marked, 



tawny, black basal to median bars of hindwing better marked than in c?-f. polyxenn : 

 postdiscal patches of forewing vestigial or absent ; tail as in preceding form, rather 

 broad and long. Scarcely distingnishable from the Indian form hierax (see p. 333). 



c?-f. sinensis Rothsch., nom. nov. {pohjxena, Moore non Cramer). 



?. Forewing ahom, discal band varying from yellowish white to pale 

 ochraceons, the extremes can be matched with the two forms of the i ; the band 

 stopping short at SM'- ; median bars SC — R^ present or not, postdiscal interstitial 



