454 [Decembk.r 



red triangular spot at the base of the primaries. The secondary wings 



are marked in the place of the red, as in P. Achates, with ochraceous." — 



G. R. Gray. 



Hah. — Java, (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Var. £. 9 Pap. Alcanor. Cram., II. t. 16ti. f. A. (1776). 



Esper, Ausl. Schmett. t. 34, f. 2. (1801). 



Boisd., Sp. Gen. I. p. 194. n. fi. (1836). 



E. Doubled., Cat. Brit. Mus. (1844). 



Diurnal Lepidopt., I. p. 10. n. 30. (1846). 



G. R. Gray, P. Memnon, var. k. Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. Pt. I. 



p. 14. n. 47. (1852). 

 G. R. Gray, List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. 1. p. 14. (1856). 

 Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co., var. k. I. p. 101. n. 202. (1857). 

 Pap. Alphenor. Fab. Sp. Ins. II. p. 4. n. 11. (1781). 



Herbst, Pap. t. 16. f. 1. (1784). 

 Pap. Achates p. Fab. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 9. n. 24. (1793). 



Godt. Encyc. IX. p. 64. n. 107. (1819). 

 Achillides Alcanor. Hiibn., Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 85. (1816). 



Fore wings cinereous, striated with brown rays ; costal half of basal 

 patch, blood red, posterior portion deep black. Posterior wings tailed. 

 black; a row of four sagittate spots on the disc, white anteriorly, chang- 

 ing; to pink in their hind part; a small pink spot at the extremity of 

 the cell, and another above the first discal mark. Emarginations wide, 

 fulvous ; the two outer edged with white ; the two inner very large, 

 and reddish-brown. A large reddish-brown anal spot containing a 

 large black pupil. 



Below, the fore wings become whitish-gray with black rays. Hind 

 wings deep black, four ferruginous spots at the base ; the transverse 

 macular band becomes pure white, the extremities of the third and 

 fourth spots produced, until they unite with the two large inner mar- 

 ginal lunules. Expanse 6.38 inches. 



Body black, with a broad yellow band on the sides of the abdomen ; 

 prothorax marked with white. 



Hab. — China, (In my collection.) 



Cherra Poonjee, (Coll. E. I. Co.) 



Northern India, (Coll. Brit, Mus.) 



Swainson, Zool. 111. 2nd series t. 95. (1832). 

 Larva. Boisd., Sp. Gen. I. p. 195. n. 6. t. 1. f. 2. (1836). 

 Pupa. Nat. Library, XXXI. Duncan, p. 98. (1852). 

 Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co., t. 11. f. 1. la. (1857). 



