1864.] 409 



i)f which the two inner are more or less confluent posteriorly, with an 

 oblong spot of reddish-brown situated upon the anal margin ; six sub- 

 marginal luues, reddish-brown; an anal oblong mark of the same color, 

 containing a round black dot ; all the red parts irrorated with violet 

 atoms ; indentations reddish-yellow and whitish ; expanse 4.25 — 4.38 

 inches; tail short, blackish, spatulate. 



Below, as above, the sub-marginal lunules sometimes preceded by 

 small groups of violet atoms. 



Body brownish; prothorax pointed with white, and some white spots 

 at the base of the wings and insertion of the abdomen ; two lateral 

 white lines, enclosing a row of yellow dots on each side of the abdomen. 

 n<(h. — % Philippines, 9 China, (In my collection.) 

 Indian Archipelago, Asia, (Coll. Boisd.) 

 % 9 Java. Calcutta, N. India, Chusan, (Coll. E. I. Co.) 



China, Ceylon, N. India, Java, Gulf of Martaban, N. 

 China, Sandwich Islands, (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Var. a. Pap. Polytes. G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. Pt. I. p. 20. n. 83. (1852). 

 Pap. Numa. Weber. Observ. Entom. Kiel. p. 106. (1801). 

 Pap. Pohjtes. var. De Haaii, Verb. Naturl. Gescb. p. 41. (18.39). 



Ilah. — Indian Archi])elago. 



In a specimen which I have, from China, there are two rays, com- 

 posed of violet atoms, extending from each extremity of the sixth sub- 

 marginal lunule to the palmate white spot. 



" Not uncommon in the Dhoon during the rainy season, and at Kajpore, 

 at the foot of the Hills, it is frequently met with." (Capt T. Iluttou.) 



'•At Chusan, the perfect insect appears during August and Septem- 

 ber." (Dr. Cantor's Notes.) 



Larva. Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. Co.. I. t. III. f. 3. (1857). 



Not (juite so large as that of P. Pammon, and light green ; trans- 

 verse bands on the third and fourth segments, as in that species, the 

 second, however, being dark brown; a white stigmated line, bordered 

 posteriorly with brown, and a white oblique transverse lin^ on the se- 

 venth and eighth segments. Anterior portion of the body, below the 

 white lateral line, dark brown; posterior segments nearly white, or light 

 brownish-yellow. 



" In Java, the larva feeds on a species of Citrna. bearing the native 

 name of Juntk. from January to May.'' — II(>f!<jirhJ . 



