( 2U0 ) 



nei\ule, and bv the iieivules of the hindwings below being scarcely bordered with 

 butSsh white scales. The streaks of the forewings are rather white and broad, 

 es))e(ially near the apex of the cell. 



A Bornean male in my collection agrees with Malaccan tiinlex, but is rather larger. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula (3 tj, 8 ?): Sumatra (2 d", 2 ?); Borneo (1 6). 



53. Papilio noctis Hew. [J,?]. 



J . l'a/,ilio iioclii Hewitsoii, /'. X. S. p. 42:!. t. Iji!. f. 5. 6 (18;)9) (Borneo) ; Feld., Ver/i. =. b. Ces. 



WicH p. 32.'i. n. 470 (IHM) (exd. of sijium.). 

 J ? Papilio nociis Wallace. Ti: Linn. Soc. Loiul. .\XV. p. 41. ii. IS. I. b. f. 1 (J) (18(55) (Sarawak; 

 Borneo) : Westw., Tr. Enl. S.,c. Lo,ui. p. 91-'.I3. t. 4. f. 2 ((J). 5 (?) (1872) : Obei-th., IX 

 d'Enl. IV. p. 33. n. 3 (1879) (Borneo) ; Standing. & Schatz, fxof. Scluiielt. I. p. 9 (1884). 

 cJ. The hindwiugs are decidedly .shorter and rounder than in P. erebus Wall., 

 I lie discoidal veins being obviously shorter than in that species; the forewings ai'e 

 liroader. In the colom- of the wings both species are similar to one another, noctis 

 being of a feebly darker steel-blue tint than erebn.9. 



P. noctida has a much richer blue gloss than noctis, and shows buftisli adnervular 

 streaks in the apical region of the forewings. 



?. Forms in pattern a kind of transition to P. }>rUqjusar\d allies. 

 Hub. Borneo (2 J, 6 ?). 



d. .Abdomen pale red at the sides and below. 



54. Papilio varuna White [cJ,?]. 



Pai>ino ,ara™ white, Entomol. I. p. 280 (? ) (1842, March) (Penang) : Doubl. Westw. .'i Hew., 

 Gm. Diwii. Leji. I. p. 9. u. 11 (184i!) ; Cray, Cat. Le/,. Jns. B. .1/. I. p. 8. n. 27 (18,n2) (Penang : 

 nee Sylhet) ; id.. List Leji. lus. B. U. I. p. 9. n. 30 (185G) (Penang ; nee Sylhet) : Wall., Ti: 

 Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 42. n. 20 (186.t) (Penang : >wc Sylhet) : Butl., Ti: Linn. Soc. Lond. 

 (2). Zool. I. p. .')03. n. 20 (1K77) (Malacca) ; Distant, /M"//. Mai. p. 334. n. 2. t. 31. f. 3 ((J). 

 4(?) (1886) (Mai. Pen.). 



The North Indian and .Malaccan specimens of this species, whicli are usually 

 treated as the same, exhibit in lioth sexes some differences, which render it necessary 

 to keep the Malaccan varuivi and the North Indian astorion subspecifically separate. 



(((): P. varuna White, fonna typ. [cf,?]. 



S. Forewings below with white .streaks in the outer region, especially towards 

 the anal angle, which are seldom visibly indicated in the following race. 



?. Ground-colour of the wings darker than in astorion; the white area in the 

 anal region of the forewings is of a much purer white colour, and more extended. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula (2 (J, 1 ?). 



The ranges of varuna and astorion are sejiarated by a large district (Tenasserim, 

 Burma, .'^han States), where the species has not been found. 



(b): P. varuna astorion Westw. [(?,?]. 



(J. Painliu (Mto/-iw( Westwood, .!««. .\t.;j. .V. //. IX. p. 37 (1842) (Sylhet) : id., Are. Enl. II. p. 09. 

 t. 66. f. 1 (1844). 



? . Papilio clian, Westwood, I.e. p. 37 (1842) (Sylhet) ; id., Arc. Enl. II. p. 69. t. 66. f. 2 (1844). 



Papilio mruna, Gray, Cat. Lep. Im. B. M. I. p. 8. n. 27 (1852) (Sylhet ; nee Penang) ; id., /./.■.( 

 Lep. Ins. B. M. I. p. 9. n. 30 (1856) (Sylhet : nn Penang) : Horsf. i* Moore, Cat. Lep. Jns. 

 Mus. E. r. C. I. p. 98. n. 199 (1857) (Darjceling) : Feld., Verh. z. b. Geo. Wini p. .'525. n. 466 

 (1864) (India sept.); WaU., Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. XXV. p. 42. n. 20 (1865) (Sylhet: iicc 

 Penang): Moore, /'. Z. .S. p. 756 (1865) ("Bengal"): Oberth., El. d' Enl. XVIT. p. 1 

 (1893) (Tonkin). 



