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HdJ). — -I'hilippines, fin my collection.) 



Northern India, China, (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 

 China, Java, vSumatra, (Coll. Boisd.) 

 Java, Darjeelina-, (Coll. E. I. Co.) 

 The following descriptions of the Larva and Pupa are taken from 

 l*late III. f. '1. 2(1. Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co., illustrative of the species 

 from Canara, where they were discovered by S. N. Ward, Esq. 



Larva, three inches long; dark green above, brownish, below; a 

 short transverse light green band on the third segment, marked with 

 some irregular black lines, and having a pink ocellus, the pupil of 

 which is black, at each end; a transverse brownish line, extending clear 

 across the back on the fourth segment, containing some dark brown 

 spots ; an irregular oblique transverse white band on the seventh and 

 eighth segments ; on the ninth segment an irregular transverse white 

 line, having, when viewed laterally, the appearance of an L with its 

 base turned in the opposite direction ; anal segment partly white. 



Chrysalis^ very much curved, head bifid ; wing cases dark brown, 

 with black lines; lower part of abdomen, reddish; above, bluish, with 

 some prominent reddish-brown points ; thorax, yellowish-red. 



Lucas' figure of the imago is without a tail. 



14. Pap. varasi, nov. sp. 



Upper surface, blackish-brown; five deep black rays in the discoidal 

 cellule ; hind wings with a large white spot towards the outer angle, as 

 in Helenus, but is divided by three nervules into four unequal spots ; 

 two bright ferruginous lunules, one on the abdominal margin, the other 

 in the next interspace near the exterior margin ; indentations white, 

 narrow ; tail black, spatulate, not so large as Helenus. Expanse 4.75 

 inches. 



Under surface brown-black ; transverse grayish fasciae on the fore 

 wings, as in the analogous species ; discoidal cells on both anterior and 

 posterior wings are striated with whitish rays; the nerves, also, near 

 the base, are white ; base of posterior wings powdered with grayish 

 atoms ; a sub-marginal row of seven whitish and fulvous spots and lu- 

 nules, each preceded by a large lunate indentation on the margin, all 

 white excepting the two last, which are slightly fulvous and united to 

 the sub-marginal spots; that at the anal angle is reddish-brown, very 



