( 402 ) 



Forewings somewhat variable in length. Sexes diflfeiviil. tin- iinili' being above 

 almost of a uniform dull brown colour, with a series of subniarginal and, on the 

 forewings anteriorlv, some subdiscal lighter s])ots, while the female has, liesides the 

 sjx)ts, a broad white median band which is anteriorly abliievialed. 



Hub. Assam (Kliasia Hills; 20 J, 5 ?) ; Sikkim (1 <?, 4 ?) ; 15hutan ((). .MuUer, 

 July to September ; 5 S). 



102. Papilio hercules Blanch. [(?,?]. 



PapiUo herctiles Blanchard, Cnmpt. Rend. p. 809 (note) (1871). 



cJ ? . Papilio Kiron Leech, Enlonwl XXUI. p. 192 (1890) (W. China). 



cJ ? . Pai>ilio gyui var. hercules, Leech, Butt, from Chiiin p. 635. t. 32. f. 1 (cJ) (1893) (W. China). 



Both sexes similar, having a fulvous median band to the wings which corresponds 

 with the white band in the fevude sex of P. gyas, but is narrower, less so in the 

 female than in the m.ale. 



Hah. Western China (6 <?, 1 S). 



I cannot understand why Mr. ,1. H. Leech, in his great work on the Butterflies 

 from China and Japan, treats this very distinct species as a local variety of P. fjyas 

 Westw. 



XXIX. PODALIKIUS-GROUP. 



This group has only two species in the regions dealt with in this paper ; all the 

 other species are American. 



First subcostal branch of the forewings free, as in the preceding group; 

 second discocellular veinlet straight and not longer than the fir.<t (P. leosthenes 

 Doiibl.), or feebly bent and half as long again as the first (/'. poilalirins L.). 



Xote. — The larva and pupa of this group agree with those of tlie following 

 groups. The imago has blue metallic scales on the hindwings, whicli are met with 

 in all the species of the preceding groups, exclusive of (iroups I. to III., and which 

 are absent from all the species of the following groups. — K. J. 



1015. Papilio podalirius L. [cJ,?, metam.].* 



Hoefnagel, .\rchelyp,i Siml. III. t. 12 (1592) ; Aldrovandus, De Aiiim. Jm. p. 239. t. 2. f. 3 (1602) ; 



Hoefnagel, hix. Vol. I. t. 8 (1630) ; Moufet, Ins. Thcalr. p. 99. n. 3 (1634) ; Hollar, Dh: Ins. 



t. 7. f. 1 (1G46) : Jonston, Ilht. Xnt. his. p. 31. t. 4. 2. f. 3 (1657) ; Petiver, .Uii^. p. 68. n. 724 



(1700) ; id., Gazophyl. t. 133. f. 2 (1702) ; Rajus, Hist. Nnt. Im. p. 111. n. 3 (1710) ; Merian, 



Eruc. Ort. II. p. 43." t. 44 (1717) : ead., Eur. Im. p. 48. t. 94. & p. 80. t. 1G3 (1730) ; R.'aumur, 



.Mem. I. p. 345. t. 11. f. 3-5 (1734) ; Roesel, Ins. Belusl. \. 2. p. 9. t. 2 (1746) ; Ceoffroy, Mem. 



Ins. Paris II. p. 56. n. 24 (1762) ; Gronov., Znnphyl. p. 189. n. 732 (1764) ; Seba, Thes. IV. 



t. 32. f. 11. 12. & t. 40. f. 13 (1765) ; SchaofEer, lemi. Ins. Italish. I. t. 45. f. 3. 4 (1766). 

 Papilio Erjufs Aeliirus pnilaliriiis Linnr, Syst. A'at. ed. x. p. 4G3 (nota) (1758) ; Scopoli, Ent. Cam. 



p. 167. n. 445 (176.3) ; Linnc^ .Vns. Liul. Utr. p. 208. ii. 27 (1764) ; Hoefnagel, lierl. ilayaz. II. 



p. 58. n. 2 (1766) ; Hoiitt., Xnlnrl. Hist. I. 11. p. 211. sub n. 29 (1767); Umi(; Syst. Nat. 



cd. xii. p. 751. n. 36 (1767); PaUas, Beiscn verscli. Prm: Buss. Beicli. I. p. 183 (1771); 



Lepechin, Tagelmch p. 189 (1771) ; Miiller, Natiirs. V. 1. p. 577. n. 3fi (1774) : Fabr., Syst. 



Em. p. 451. n. 38 (1775) ; Esper, Eur. Srhm. I. p. 36. t. 1. f. 2. & p. 386. t. 50. Suppl. t. 26. f. 1 



(1777-80); Goeze, Ent. Beytr. III. 1. p. 61. n. 36 (1779); Borgstraesser, S'„mrm-l. II. p. 17. 



t. 18. f. 1-4 (1779) ; Fabr'., Spec. Ins. II. p. 15. n. 58 (1781) ; Blumenbach, Ilandl). ed. ii. 



p. .356. n. 4 (1782) ; Gcsenius, Hamlli.f. Sclimetl. p. 51. n. 2 (178G) ; Fabr., .Uanl. Ins. II. p. 8. 



n. 64 (1787) ; Schneider, Europ. Srhmell. p. 55. n. 4 (1787) ; Jablonsky .t Ilerbst, Nalnrs. 



Schmetl. III. p. 170. n. 103. t. 45. f. 3. 4 (1788); Viller,^, Car<,l. Linn. Entom. II. p. 4. n. 3 



' As in the case of /*. macliaon 1.., the Inbliograpliy of this species is quite incomplete. 



