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Papilin (.Uenelaitles) hector, Nic(!ville, Jouni. As. Soc. Beng. p. 52. n. 132 (1885) (Calcutta, rare : 

 Chamlemagore, common in November) ; Hamps., ibid. p. 3G3. n. 198 (1888) (Xilgiri Hills ; 

 lUOO to 7000 feet) : Fergus., iliid. p. 44i). n. 178 (1891) (Travancore : very common in the low- 

 country and in the lower slopes of the hills). 



The range of this species is rather restricted, lu Ceylon and ."southern India 

 P. hectw is very common at low elevations; farther north it becomes rarer, and does 

 not seem to i^o beyond the 2.ith degree of N. Lat. Mr. Ifanijison records it from 

 the Nilgiri Hills as oecnrring from 1000 up to 7000 feet. 



The subapical white macular band on the forewings, which is sometimes reduced 

 to three small spots, is often joined to the discal band by means of white discal linear 

 markings between the upper median and the discoidal veins ; in such specimens the 

 white colour is distributed over the wing nearly as in P. jnphon Gray. The discal 

 band assumes often a reddish tint near the hinder angle. Tlie discal .series of spots 

 on the hindwings, though not quite constant as regards the size of the red dots, is 

 seldom incomplete; ]Mr. Oberthiir (i.e.) records a variety from " lude " which has 

 .some of the discal spots of the hindwings obliterated. 



Hab. Ceylon, S. India, Madras, Central Provinces, Calcutta (20 J, 4 ? ). 



28. Papilio jophon Gray [cJ,?]. 



PiqnUo joplwn Gray, Cut. Lep. Ins. B. M. I. p. 10. n. 3.5. t. 4. f. 4 (?) (18.52) (Ceylon) ; id.. List 

 Lep. Ins. B. M. I. p. 11. n. 38 (185G) (Ceylon) ; Feld., Verh. z. b. Grs. Wici p. 320. n. 480 

 (1804) (Ceylon) ; Haase, Untersiuh. iib. Mini. p. 24 (1893). 



Papilin pnh/plwntes, Oberthiir, Ef. d'Eiil. IV. p. 44. n. 58 (1879) Q^ jnphon Gray est uno J de 

 2>nly/tlinntes un peu plus blanchie que la $ type " !). 



Meneloidrs Jnphon, Moore, Le/i. of Cei/lon I. p. 152. t. 58. f . 1 ( ? ) (1881) (Ceylon). 



The forewings of the male are narrower than those of the female. The first 

 discal white mark of the hindwings situated before the subcostal vein is often 

 obliterated above and below; the subniarginal red spots are sometimes small and 

 very narrow. The anal red mark is mostly joined on the upper.side to the ]iosterior 

 white discal spot, but stands also very often separate. 



Hah. Ceylon (local; rather rare; 5 cJ, 3 ?). 



29. Papilio pandiyanus -Aloore [c?, ?]. 



PiipiUn jnphnn, Wood-Mason (nee Gray, 1852), ,/ouni. As. Soc. Beng. p. 86 (1881) (Trevaiiilrum i. 



Papilin 2>(indii/anii Moore, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lnnd. p. 313 (1881) (Travancore). 



Papilin {.Mfiiehiides') pandiana, Hampson, Jniirn. .is. Soc. Beng. p. 303. n. 197 (1888) (Nilgiri 



Hills ; confined to the western .>ilopes. 1000 to 3000 feet, where it is common). 

 Papilin (Mrnilaidrs) jimidii/nna, Ferguson, ,Inui~n. Bombaii N. U. Snc. p. 446. n. 179 (1891) 



(Travancore ; abundant in the hiUs at about 2000 feet, found also in the low country at the foot 



of the hills). 



Though clo.sely allied to P.jophon Gray, this species is constantly (as far as we 

 know) difit'erent in pattern. The wliite colour of the forewings is much more extended, 

 especially in the apical region, but also more shaded with black scales ; the inter- 

 nervular black streaks between the median nervtiles are much longer ; the white 

 linear markings in the cell reach the discoceilular veinlets. On the liindwings the 

 last discal white .spot reaches mostly to the .submedian nervure ; the anterior one is 

 very large in the mule, small or divided into two spots or obliterated in the female; 

 the discoidal cell is in the male often almost entirely filled up with white, whereas 

 in the female the white colour sometimes extends scarcely beyond the origin of t!\e 

 subco.stal nervule. 



Hab. S. India (I S,-i ? ). 



