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(';) : r. pwfis cldnensis suhsji. nov. from Western Cliiiia (and [irdhably Thibet) ; 

 (c) : P. paris tamilana Moore from Soutli India. 



These subspecies are chiefly different in tlie size of the blue patch of the 

 'hindwings, which is smallest in cldnensis and largest in taniilann. 



(a): P. paris L., forma typ. [c?,S]. 



Though Linne's description fits to each of the above-named geographical forms 

 of P. parts, the typical paris is unquestionably the form from Continental India, as 

 the lialiitat " India or." and the reference to Knorr's figure prove. 



That i)art of the bluish green patch of the hindwings which is situated between 

 the lower discoidal and the upper median veins is trapeziform ; at the ujjper median 

 nervule it has a length of at least 5 mm. The bluish green patch itself extends into 

 the end of the cell, or touches at least the diseocellular nervules ; it is connected 

 with tlie abdominal margin by means of a bluish green line, which seems to be always 

 continuous in t.lie male sex, and is sometimes obsolete between the median nervules 

 in the female. The green macular line of the forewings is extremely variable in 

 length. The whitish area in the outer half of the forewings beneath is occasionally 

 much narrower than usual, but is apparently always broader than in typical P. paris 

 tamilana Moore. 



Hab. Hikkim (12 cj, fi ?); Assam (3 d)  Nepaul ; Burma (2 J); Shan States 

 (2 (J); Tenasserim ; Malacca (Thaiping ; 1 c?) ; Tonkin; East China (1 J). 



The single male from Thaiping I have is remarkable for the hindwings having 

 above, besides the red ring at the anal angle, a transverse submarginal red line 

 between the lower median nervules inside the green submarginal, spotlike scaling, 

 and a similar linear spot before the upper median vein. 



(/->): P. paris chinensis subsp. nov. [<J,?]. 



Paj>iliii paris. Leech {nee Linnc', 17;j.s), llult. fnim China, etc. p. 535 (1893) (exceedingly common in 

 W. China). 



This form comes very close to tj'pical parts ; the patcli of the hindwings, 

 however, which is smaller, is of an oliviously deeper blue colour, and seldom reaches the 

 diseocellular nervules ; the spot between the second discoidal and the upper median 

 nervules is much smaller than in paris and of a triangular form, being almost 

 restricted to a point at the upper median vein. 



The bluish green line connecting the patch of the hindwings with the abdominal 

 margin is mostly discontinuous; the first (postcostal) spot of that patch is often 

 absent, as in many individuals of P. parts. 



llab. Western China (22 r?, 2 ?) and probably Thibet. 



(cj: P. paris tamilana Moore [(?,?]. 



Papilio paris var., Horsfield & Moore, C'al. Lxp, Ins. .Mux. E. I. C. I. p. 107. sub ii. '.Mii (l<S;j7) 



(Canara). 

 I'djiilio kimilaiia Moore. Tr. F.nt. Sni: Loml. p. 313 (1881) (Malabar). 

 Piipilin {Achilli(les) taniilann, Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Ikmj. p. 304. n. 20.') (1888) (Nilgiri Hilts, 



3000 to 7000 feet, April to June). 



Whiti.sh submarginal streak on the underside of the forewings much shorter than 

 in P. parts L. Hluish green patch of tlie hindwings enlarged ; the sjiot between 

 the upper and middle median veins is about as large as the spot between the upper 

 median and second discoidal nervules in P. parts. 



In one of my two females the green band on the forewings is short, but very 

 broad between the inner margin of the wing and tlie lower median nerxuli". Tlie 



