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snbmarginal black band to the hindwings often reaching the discoidal cell. Feraales 

 blacker than males ; discal yellowish area on the iipperside of the hindwings often 

 reduced to a rather narrow macular band. 



Submarginal black band on the under.side of the hindwings narrow in both sexes, 

 and heavily bordei-ed with black. 



Hab. Japan (44 c?, 18 ?); Central and Eastern China (l.i 6, 3 ?). 



til. Papilio hospiton Gene [6, ?,metam.]. 



PfqiHh hospiton Gi'nc', JAcm. Amul. Tm-iit. p. 43. t. 2. f. 20. 21 (1S.3'.1) : Herrich-Schaff., Srlmi. 



Evr. I. p. 140. t. 53. f. 240. 250 (1S43-.S6) ; Dupouchel, Cat. Mclh. Lq,. d'Eiir. p. 21 (1844) ; 



Doubl. Westw. & Hew., Gen. nhirn. Lrp. I. p. 16. n. 159 (184G) ; Gray, Cat. L.p. Ins. Brit. 



Mils. I. p. 37. n. 181 (1852) ; Felder, Vrrh. s. I,. Ges. Wien p. 314. n. 35.'i. & p. 362. n. 199 (1804) ; 



Mabille, Bull. Sor. Ent. Fi: p. 89 (1868) (Bastia) ; Fallon, ilml. p. 55 (1872) : Oberthiir, Et. d'Eiit. 



IV. p. 68. n. 193 (1879) ; Bramson, Tag^f. p. 13 (1890) ; Hofmann, liaup. ,!. Srlnu. Eur. p. 1. 



t. C. f. 2 (1890) ; Riihl, Grosssriimett. p. 83 (1892) ; Hofmann, Sclnn. Eur. ed. ii. p. 1. t. 1. f. 4 



(1893) ; Standen, Entom. p. 238 (1893) (June 15th, Tattone) ; Heyne, ia Riihl, Gi-ossschmett. 



p. 694 (1895). 

 Eqnes Jiiispitnn, Herr.-Schiiff., !.c. I. p. 162 (1843-56). 



Especially different from P. niachaon in the pattern of the marginal region on 

 tlie underside of both wings. Larva also different from that of P. machaon. 

 Hah. Corsica and Sardinia (6 (J, 4 ? ). 



Go. Papilio polidamas Prun. [J, ?,metara.]. 



Papilio Eipies Acliiciis piilidamus Prunner, L^p. Petlem. Siippl. p. 69. n. 134 (1798). 



Papilio polijchaim Deloche, Mem. Aixad. Tor. VI. 2. p. 139. t. 6. n. 1 (1801). 



Papilio Eques Achivus ale.ranor Esper, Em: Sclnn. I. Siippl. p. 89. t. 110 cont. t. IJ5. f. 1 (1805) ; 



Hiibn., Eur. Schmett. t. 158. f. 787. 788 (1818-27). 

 Jasotiiades ale.ranor, Hiibner, Verz. hek. Schmett. p. 82. n. 842 (1816). 

 Papilio akxuHor God.art, Enc. Meth. IX. p. 66. n. 88 (1819) ; id., Hist. Xat. Leji. Fr. IT. p. 111. t. 1 



(1822) ; Duponch., in Godart's Hist. Nat. Lep. Fr. .Suppl. I. p. 12 (1832) ; id., Icon. d. Chen. Fr. 



p. 42. t. 1. f. 3 (1832-36) ; Boisd., Spec. Gen. Lep. I. p. 329. n. 172. t. I. A. f. 3 {d. p.) ; t. 



I. B. f. 3 (1736) ; Blanch. Hist. Xat. Ins. III. p. 422. n. 7 (1810) ; Doubl. Gen. Diiirn. Lep. I. 



p. 16. n. 156 (1846) ; Lucas, in Chenu's Enc. d'llist. Xat., Pap. p. 38. f. 115 (1851-53) ; Gray, 



Cat. Lep. Lis. Brit. Mus. I. p. 37. n. 179 (1852) ; Gnmn, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 73 (1856) ; 



Chavignerie & Guerin, ibid. p. 82 (185C) ; Chavign., ihid. p. 100 (1857) ; Praun, Eur. Taaf. 



Pup. XI. Papilio t. 1. f. 5. 6 (1859) ; Felder, Vn-h. t. b. Ges. Wien p. 314. n. 352. & p. 361. n. 195 



(1804) ; Lucas, Lep. d'Eur. ed. ii. p. 24. t. 13. f. 2 (1864) ; Lederer, Ann. Soc. Ent. B.Uj. p. 53 



(1865) (Anatolia) ; Mabille, Bnll. Soc. Ent. Fr. p. 15 (1875) (Hendaye) ; Oberth., Et. d'Enf. 



IV. p. 67. n. 187 (1879) ; Christopb, Rom. Mem. Lep. V. p. 2. n. 1 (1889) (Askhabad) ; Br.amson, 



Taaf. p. 13 (1890) ; Hofmann, Ihmp. d. Sclnn. Eur. p. 1 . t. I'., f. 1 (1890) ; Riihl, Grossschmcit. 



p. 80 (1892); Hofmann, Schmett. Eur. ed. ii. p. 1. n. 2. t. 1. f. 2 (1892) ; Heyne, in Riihl, 



Grossschinett. p. 693 (1895) {larva nuticed). 



I restore the oldest name to this species (cf. p. 1G8), which has d(>vcl(>pc>il into 

 two geographical forms : — 



(a): P. polidamas I'nm., lonu.i typ. [tj, ?, nietam.]. 

 Hah. South Europe (11 c?, 8 5). 



Q'): P. polidamas orientalis liom. 



Papilio ali.raiior var. orientalis RomauoiT, Bom. .Urm. Lep. I. p. 41. t. v. f. 1 (1884) (S.E. Caucasus) : 

 Riihl, (frossschmett. p. 81 (1892) ; Heyne, ihid. p. 693 (1895) ((/ires errnnenushi Chrislaph instead 

 of lioinanojf as author of this suhspeciesy 



Band at the apex of the cell and the sulmiai-ginal band on the lorcwiiigs siifl"a.'ied 

 with blue; submai-gina! baud to the hindwings posteriorly more strongly dilated than 

 jn P. polidamas J'run. ; basal black l)i\nd of botli wings narrow. 



