C 190 ) 

 iD.s. Papilio aethiops spec. nov. 



I\qii/io iiinii^, Oberthiir {iinii LinnJ. IToS). .l»/i. .!/«.<. Cir. Geimi, xv. p. 147. n. 3 (IST'.I) (Slioa, 



tI. vii. ; var. A. e.xcl.). 

 (y) Papilio iixemhiiiimis, Sharpe («'</( Felder, 18ii6), /';•<«■. Zuol. S,ir. LnwI. p. 528. n. I'lT (189li) 



(Somaliland). 

 Pu/iilio li-iiiile'', ead. (;i»h Godman, 1885), /.'■. p. 537. n. 84 (180(i) (Soinalilaiul). 

 I'ci/iiliii iiii-eus var. hjacm, Aurivillius ((m/i Doubleday, 1845), /.. , p. 47(;. sub n. 38 (1890) (partim; 



Abyssinia); Pagenst., !.'■. p. I'JI. n. 4 (1903) (partim). 

 Piijiilio bromiiis var. liniiiliK, Auriv., l.r. p. 47C). sub n. 3'.i (1899) (partim : Somaliland) ; Pagunst., 



I.e. p. 191. D. 5 (1903) (litter, and syn. excl.). 



(J. Greenish bine band of if/j/icr.n'r/c of the forewiug as limail as in P. hromin.-i 

 brontes, bnt mnch more irregnlar, not widening behind, incised externally at the 

 veins, patch M' — M- convex distally, longer than patch M- — SM- ; patches within 

 cell large, the hinder one with longer npper edge than in brontes, the proximal 

 edge of the patch standing mostly at a right angle to the vein ; no greenish blue 



snbmarginal dots ; creamy fringe-spots distinct. Hindwing : band narrower than 



in brontes, base of cellnle M' — M^ black, streak M^— (SM') short and narrow ; tail 

 much more projecting than in nirens and bromiu.-i, at least twice as long as in 

 those species. 



I'lirh'ixidc as in brontrs ; but the hindwing bears more or less indistinct traces 

 of pale discal halfmoons (the last spot of this series is the white spot standing 

 near the abdominal margin proximally of the end of SM-), and the yellowish 

 white postdiscal spots of the same wing not interrnpted at the intemervular folds, 

 except the last ones. 



Clasper less obtuse than in bromius, much less triangular than in nireu,s ; a 

 fold extends from the apical angle proximad in between the two processes of the 

 harpe. Harpe very different from those of the allied species : it has two ]>rocesses, 

 one elongate-triangular, large, with the upper edge densely denticulate ; the other 

 short, conical, projecting from the lower side of the first near its base. 



¥. Ditferi from brontes in a similar way as the S. On the underside of the 

 hindwing there is a series of pale bars on the disc between the greyish postdiscal 

 band and the grey central area ; these bars are most distinct between R' and M', 

 and form the distal border of the brown discal band ; bars ]{-— M' curved, the 

 brown patches at their proximal side small, triangular. 



Vaginal armature : antevaginal ridge not concealing the vaginal cavity, being 

 deejily and broadly sinuate in middle ; laterally i)roduced into a ratLer large tooth- 

 like projection. 



A long series from: Gara Mulata, near Harar, T.. ill. I'.iUD; Gillet Mts., 

 1900—2200 m., 20. vi. and 1 & 4. vii. 1900; Badatino to Almje, Shoa, 28. ix. 

 1900; Abuje, Shoa, 20. xi. 1000; Lake Abassi, 4. xii. loiiii ; Koritsha to Tomata, 

 Dara U., Gndji, 24. xii. lOOO; Wori to Gamitscha, Kafla, 5. iii, I'.iOl, ti/pc; 

 Gamitscha to Anderatseha, Kaffa, 0. iii. lOOI ; Anderatscha, Katt'a, 7—19. iii. 

 1901; Budda, Gimirra, IT. iv. 1901. 



We have also specimens from Waleuso, Gillet Mts., and from Feleklek and 

 other places in Shoa. 



Apparently as common iu Ethiopia and Northern Somaliland as is bromius in 

 other parts of Africa. 



In two of our individuals the white postdiscal spots of the underside of the 

 hindwing are shaded over with brown, not contrasting much with the rest of 



