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the wing, remindiug one of the Malgassic Papilio oribazus. Since aethiops differs 

 from broiiiius more than this does from iiireus, which two insects are certainly 

 specifically distinct from one another, we mnst treat aethiops also as distinct. In 

 structure aethiops stands wider off from bromias than does oribaziis. 



100. Papilio similis umanus subspec. nov. 



(?) Pupiliu hviiidiis Tabr., var. hi-asiibiH, Pagensteolier (mni, Felder, 1804), l.c. p. I'Jl. n. 7 (11103). 



S. Upper dirty white line of abdomen thinner than the black line below it. 

 Pale spots of basal half of hiiidwiug reduced, the white spot C — SC- in front of cell 

 only 4 mm. long on upperside, somewhat larger below ; cell-i)atch obliquely truncate, 

 extending posteriorly very little beyond point of origin of M-, rather more than the 

 apical third of cell being black, the cell-patch smaller below than above ; no spot 

 at base of cellule M' — M- ; white streak behind cell narrow and short on underside, 

 not reaching M^; red colour at base of wings, below, reduced. 



One c? from between Dalba to the Uma River, Konta, 28. ii. 19U1. 



The sjfecimen recorded as brasidas by Pagenstecher, loc. cit., captured at 

 Arbarout by Baron Erlauger, may belong to the same subspecies ; we have not 

 seen it. The second specimen recorded in the same list, also as braxidus, from 

 Mombasa, 27. vii. lOUl, is perhaps the individual of a species of Papilio contained 

 in Burou Erlanger's collection labelled "Mombasa, 27. viii. I'JDI." This individual 

 is neitlier siinili-s nor brasidas, but the veiy distinct Papilio pldlonoc, not mentioned 

 in Pagenstecher's list, 



Papilio similis brasidas from Sontli Africa is conspicuously different in most 

 individuals from P. similis similis, but some specimens come close to the latter. 



We cannot find any constant diflierence between tropical West and East African 

 si)ecimens of similis. The form interniplaga seems to us to be based on an aberrant 

 individual. We have no specimen of this aberration. 



P. pelopidas, described by Oberthiir with some doubt as a variety of similis 

 (= leouidas), is a distinct species. We have a pair of it from Pemba I. collected by 

 Mr. E. Morland. 



Papilio pcciiliaris Neave, Xoc. Zool. xi. p. 342. u. 28. t. 1. fig. 7 (Entebbe)* is 

 the Uganda form of P. c'/iiorta. The Si which we have from Entebbe do not 

 differ constantly from West African specimens. 



* As Mr. Neave had to leave for Africa when the paper above quoted was being printed, the proof- 

 reading was done ratlier hurriedly, and consequently a number of misprints were unfortunately not 

 corrected. In the present case the new PainUo is named P. (jaU'umis jiccnJUirU, though tlie insect was 

 known not to be a form of f/uUunvs. 



