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As the Ctnlon specimens of tliis wi'll-kiiowii I'apilio ai-c, at least in the femnle 

 sex, somewhat diffeivnt from those from South and Central India, we have two local 

 forms to enumerate : — 



(a): P. polyninestoi' Cram., fi-om the plains of Bengal, throughout the Central 

 Provinces, to South India; 



(6): P. polymnestor iiai'inda (Moore), from Ceylon. 



Cramer's figure, apparently representing a male, was taken from a Coroniandel 

 specimen, so that the mainland form must he regarded as typical P. ^jo/j/m?!fsto?' Cram. 



(a): p. polymnestor Cram., forma typ. [<?,?, metam.]. 



The length and Ineadth of the band on the forewings, and the width of the bluish 

 white area of the hindwings, are not constant in either sex, nor is the size of the 

 black spots to the hindwings. The fe nude is .somewhat paler than the male; the red 

 mark at the base of the cell to the forewings above is often obliterated. 



Hnb. South India (11 J, o ?); Central Provinces; Bengal; Sikkim (straggler 

 from the plains ; 1 ? ). 



(6): P. polymnestor parinda (Moore) [J,?, metam.]. 



Papilio jmU/nuirstor, Gray. O'l. L.ji. Ins. II. .1/. 1. p. V>. u. 46 (18.'J2) («.//«'<«. e.rcl. : Ceylon) ; id., 



List Lep. Ins. B. M. I. p. U. n. 50 (ISSCi) {xijmn. ad. : Ceylon) : Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lc/j. 



Ins. Mus. E. r. C. I. p. 101. n. 203 (1857) (p.j). : Ceylon) ; Feld., Vc-I,. z. b. Grs. Wicn p. 324. 



n. 457. & p. 372. n. 271 (1864) (^p.ji. ; Ceylon). 

 Ilkuh'S parhidn Moore, Lep. O'l/l. I. p. 148. t. 60. f. 1 (cJ). la ( ? ). lb (/.). Ic (p.) (1881) 



(Ceylon). 



cJ. Scarcely different from P. pohjinneMor Cram. The band on the up])erside of 

 the forewings is on an average somewhat broader behind, and also a little longer; the 

 bluish white area is likewise slightly more extended. 



? . Paler than P. iiolymneslw Cram. ; the light parts assume a huffish colour. 

 The band on the forewings longer and broader; the streaks between the upper 

 median and the discoidal nervules united in pairs and touching the cell ; there are 

 huffish streaks between the third and fifth sul)costal branches. The light area on 

 the hindwings more extended basally, often reaching (he origin of the subcostal 

 nervule. 



Hob. Ceylon (2 tj, 6 ?). 



lOo. Papilio lampsacus Boisd. [c?,?]. 



Piipilio lampsacm Boisduval, Spec. Gin. Lip. I. p. 190. n. 4 (1836) ("Pegu" Inc. nr.) ; De Haan, 

 Verh. XhI. Gescli. Xcd. nva-z. hes. p. 23. t. 2. f. 2 (1840) : Doubl. Westw. & Hew.. Gen. Diurn. 

 Lrp. I. p. 10. n. 28 (1846) ; Gray, C<it. Lep. his. B. .1/. I. p. 12. n. 44 (1852) ; id., List Lip. his. 

 II. M. I. p. 14. n. 48 (1856) ; VoUcnhov., rijthrh: r. ICnI. III. p. 72. n. 11 (1860) (Java) ; 

 Feld., Verh. z. h. Ges. Wien p. 324. n. 45K. & p. .•172. n. 272 (1864) (Java ; •' Pegu " loe. en:) ; 

 Wall., Tr. Linn. Soc. Lond. XXV. p. 47. n. 46 (1865) (Java) ; Oberth., Et. d'Ent. IV. p. 34. 

 n. 7 (187'J) ("Pegu" loc. en: ; specim, typ. : Java) ; Standing. & Schatz, E.rol. Sclnnell. I. p. 9 

 (1884) ; Hagcn, Ji-is VII. p. 25. sub n. 24 (1894). 



Boisduval (I.e.) gave erroneously "Pegu" (liurma) as  liab." to his type- 

 specimen. The species is aj)parently confined to Java; in Sumatra it is replaced 

 by P. forhesi Grose Smith, and in Borneo by P. aclieron Grose Smith. Whereas 

 P. polymnestor flies chiefly at lower elevations, the three Malayan species are found 

 in the mountainous districts, and it is not im])robable (liat in the still unknown 

 mountainous regions of the interior of the Malay Peninsula a fourth sjjccies lives. 



H,fh. .lava (10 c?,l J). 



