1864.] 455 



The anterior part of the body is considerably attenuated, somewhat 

 resembling the larva of the genus Darapsa, the first segments a little 

 retractile. Green, with a white ocelliform lateral mark, black pupilled. 

 on the third segment, and a transverse white band ; a band of pale 

 green between the fourth and fifth segments, and an obliqixe whitish- 

 green stripe on the eighth and ninth; an irregular triangle on the lower 

 half of the tenth segment, and the anal segment of the same color. 

 Larva feeds on difierent kinds of Citrus. Chrysalis green ; whitish- 

 green on the lower part of the abdomen ; reddish-yellow on the back. 



This description is taken from the figure in the Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. 

 Co., and illustrates the preparatory stages of a Javanese variety. 



"This butterfly is very active, and diflScult to catch, flying in and 



out of deep forest shades with great velocity, and generally high." — 



Capt. Mortimer Shters ''Azotes," p. 420. 



5. Pap. Antiphus, Fab. 



Pap. Antiphus. Fab., Syst. Ent. III. i. p. 10. n. 28. (179.3). 

 Donovan, Ins. India, t. 15, f. 2. (1800-1803). 

 Godt. Encyc, IX. p. 71. n. 129. (1819). 

 Boisd., Sp. Gen. I. p. 266. n. 89. (18.36). 

 E. Doubled., Cat. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 9. (1844). 

 Diurnal Lepidopt., I. p. 9. n. 21. (1846). 

 G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 11. n. 37. (1852). 

 G. R. Gray. List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 12. (1856), 

 Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co., I. p. 94. n. 191. (1857). 

 Pap. Polygim, Godt. Encyc. IX. Sup. p. 8. n. 11. 129-130. (1823). 

 9 Pap. Antiphus, De Haan, Verb. Nat. Gesch. p. 49. t. 8. f. 2. (1839). 

 9 Pap. Theseus. Cram., II. t. 180. f. A. B. (1776). 

 Herbst, Pap. t. 14. f. 3. (1784). 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 2. n. 4. (1793). 

 Esper. AusL Schmett. t. 36. f. 3. (1801). 

 Godt. Encyc. IX. p. 71. n. 127. (1819). 

 Boisd., Sp. Gen. I. p. 276. n. 99. (1836). 

 Diurnal Lepidopt. I. p. II. n. 63. (1846). 

 G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 11. n. 37. (1852). 

 Cat. Lep; Mus. E. I. Co., I. p. 95. n. 191. (1857). 

 9 Menelaides Theseus Htlbn., Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 84. (1816). 



Male. — Thorax black, a red collar on the prothorax, a row of red 

 points below, at the base of each wing; abdomen red, a dorsal macular 

 black band, the spots diminishing in size from the base, and a row of 

 transverse black spots underneath. AntennjB and legs black. 



Wings, upper surface deep black, the fore wings marked with cine- 



