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The figures which Semper (I.e.) and Dewitz (I.e.) give of the ciiterpillar of this 

 subspecies of 7^. pohjtes L. differ from those of the caterpillar oiP. polytt>,i Iheseus (see 

 Horsfield, I.e., and Piepers, I.e.) in the two transverse oblique bands of the alxlomen 

 being complete ; in consequence of this difference, and of the fact that the mcUes of 

 P. polytes L. and tJieseiis ("ram. on the one side, and those of Cramer's P. alphenor 

 and Felder's P. nicanor on the other, are constant!}', though slightl}-, different, 

 Semper, I.e., treats the present Paptlio as a distinct species. Are the caterpillars 

 really not liable to variation? Caterpillars from Borneo and India ought to be 

 compared. The imagines of alphenor and polytes are constantly distinguishable from 

 one another certainly only in the nude and the first form of the /«((«//«. 



cf . Tailless. The median band of the hindwings varies in breadth ; sometimes 

 there is an orange-red anal ocellus on the ujjperside ; the submarginal spots of the 

 underside of the hindwings are white, often yellowish (in P. pjolytes L. they are often 

 also white). 



?. Tetramorphic, but only the first /«)«'//« inhabits the whole of the area 

 occupied by this subspecies. 



(^'): ?-f. /toi-s^W-iReak., /.c. 



Similar to the male. Hindwings with submarginal spots on the up]ierside. 

 This form .stands often as female of nicanor in collections ; it occurs in the 

 Philippines and Southern Moluccas. 



(/') : ?-f. alphenor Cram., I.e. 



With white discal spots on the hindwings; the nervules traversing tlie white 

 patch are very thinly co\'ered with reddish and black scales, as in P. poli/tes the.seHR 

 ?-f. loc. pjolypliontes lie Haan ; the size and number of the white spots vary. Inter- 

 mediate examples between this and the next /er/i («/e-form come chiefly fiom Luzon- 

 Forewings mostly whiter in the outer region than in P. polytes L. Tails prominent, 

 but non-spatulate. The specimens with spatulate tails, which are dominant in the 

 Philippine Islands and Sulla Islands, must stand as — 



(m') : ? -f. loc. ledebourius Eschsch., I.e. ; Feld., I.e. 



This form does not occur on the Southern Moluccas. I have not seen specimens 

 from the Philippines with the tails shajjed as in typical alphenor, but Semper {I.e.) 

 records them from there. 



(n') : ?-f. loo. elyros Wall, I.e. 



Corresponds to P. jjolytes theseus ?-f. theseus Cram, and is not always dis- 

 tinguishable from it; in most specimens the intemervular pale stripes of the fore- 

 wings are whiter than in that form. 



Almost (or entirelv Y) confined to the islands of Palawan and Luzon ; it will 

 probably also be found on Mindoro, Balabac, Banguey, and North Borneo; it mimics 

 P. nristolochiae antiphus Fabr., acutus Druce, and kotzebiteus Eschsch., which 

 inhabit the same districts. On Luzon, where elyros sometimes has a white mark on 

 the hindwings, the /'. aristolochlae kotzebnens Eschsch. is also sometimes provided 

 with the same character. On the Moluccas and the Sulla Islands this/€?)ia/e-form is 

 not found. 



Hah. Amboina (1 <?, 4 ?); Saparua (2 ?); Ceram (1 ?); Burn; Sulla Islands 

 (Mangola Island; 4 c?, 7 ?); Banka Island (1 6); Philippine Islands (19 cj, 18 5/; 



