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0000 feet together with hinnov, which inhabits in Western t'liina tlie localities of 

 lower elevation. 



It differs from P. hiunor especijilly in the almost unifurm blackish colour of the 

 underside of the forewings. 



In size F. hianor syfnnins is the same as the spring brood of Inn nor. 



The anal angle of the forewings below bears often a short whitish band. The 

 base and disc of the under surface of the posterior wings is of a paler colour than in 

 hianor. JSIany specimens have two whitish discal patclies on the hindwings, which 

 are mentioned by Oberthiir in the description, but not rei)resented in the figure. 



ily female specimen has very large, red, submarginal s[)ots on the hindwings; 

 those of the underside are partly merged together with the marginal reddish 

 ochreous markings. 



(«") : (J'-ab. didlis Leech. 



Piijiilio tJiaHs Leech, Entom. XXTI. Suppl. p. 104 (189?,) (W. China) ; id., Bull, from China, eic 

 p. U?,-i. t. ?,i. f. 4 ((J) (1893) (one specimen, Chia-ting-fu). 



Mr. Leech says (Butt, from China, I.e.): " This species is most readily distinguished 

 from P. binnw, riUKicki, etc., by the different arrangement of the silky sexual bands 

 on the primaries of the male." In the type-specimen, which is unique, the cottony 

 streak between the submediau and lower median veins is wanting. As already 

 explained, the cottony stripes in hianor and all the allied species are \ariable, and 

 the presence or absence of one of the stripes can certainlv not be valued as a 

 "specific" character. Further, iu dudis the "under surface of primaries is pale 

 grey, merging into white on the outer two-thirds of inner marginal area." This 

 whitish area is indicated in certain examples of nyfinius as well as of 6«(cjtoc, and 

 is also scarcely of specific value. All the other characters, however, in which the 

 unique specimen of dialis differs from syfanius are certaiidy individual, as in the 

 distribution of the green and blue scales, in the development of the submarginal 

 spots of the hindwings, etc., the specimens of hianor or a number of individuals 

 of syfnnln.s differ inter s? more than dialis does in this respect from syfanius. 



Ilah. Western China (12 S,\ ?); and probably Thibet jiroprr. 



143. Papilio polyctor ISnisd. [c?,?]. 



Piijiilio polyrtor Boisriuval, Spec. Gen. Lip. I. p. 20.'i. n. 18 (183(i) (Caslimcre) ; Blanch., in .Tacqne- 

 mont, TV;/. hi<le IV. Ins. p. 14. n. 2. t. 1. f. 1. 2 (1841) : Dimbl. \Ve.stH-. & Hew.. Cm. Ihiirn. 

 Lrp. I. p! 11. n. 4G (184G) ; Kollar, in Hugel's Kaschmir IV. 2. p. 40:!. t. 1. f. 1.2 (1818) 

 (Cashmere); Gr.ay, Cat. Lrp. Im. B. .V. I. p. Itl. n. 05(1852); id., Lisl Leji. [iis. B. M. I. 

 p. 20. n. G9 (185G) (Bengal ; Nepaul ; Punjaub) ; Horsf. & Moore. ('-;(. Lep. Ins. .!/«.<. E. I. C. 

 I. p. 109. n. 217 (1857); Feld., Verh. z. h. Gn. Wlcn p. 32.'5. n. 447 (18G4) (•' Darjeeling " 

 Inc. err.) ; Moore, /'. Z. S. p. 487 (18G5) (N.W. Himalaya) : Oberth., El. d'Eiil. IV. p. 39. 

 n. 26 (1879) ; Standing. & Schatz, Exvl. Srlnnrtl. I. p. 8 "(1884) ; Butl., /'. Z. S. p. 377. u. 85 

 (188G) (W. India) ; id., A,m. J/ag. N. II. (G). I. p. 200. n. 90 (1888) (N.W. India). 



Sarhur'm pnli/ct<ir, Moore, P. Z. R. p. 258 (1882) (N.W. Himal. ; descr. of genus Harharin Moore). 



Fapilio (Sarlmria) pnhjctor, Doherty, Juurn. .{s. Sue. Boig. p. 130. u. 227 (1880) (Kiimaoii, 

 2000 to .5000 feet). 



This is the Indian rcjiresentative of P. hiajwr Cram. ; it ranges from Afghanistan 

 to Tonkin, and occurs at low elevations. As in almost every Indian species of P((/n7('o, 

 the individuals from the we.stern districts are diflerent from those from the eastern 

 l)arts of the range, and have been regarded as belonging to two distinct specie*, 

 namely P. polyclor Boisd. and P. rjanesa Doubl. The differences between Cashmere 



