284 PAPILIONID.E, 



Dabasa gyas. 

 Papilio ffijas, Wcstwood, Arcana Ent. i. pi. 11. f. 1 (1841). 

 Ilab. Sikkim (Atkinson). 



TAMERA, n. g. 

 Papilio, sect. Ix. siihsect. C, Ecldcr, Spec. Lep. pp. .320, 3G8 (1861). 



Male. Fore wing triangular ; costa arched, apex convex : hind wing short, broad, 

 exterior margin scalloped, the angle at end of middle median dentate and slightly produced. 

 Antennae slender, with a gradually lengthened club. 

 Type T. castor. 



This is quite distinct from the group {Charm) of which Helenus is the type, with which 

 it is associated by Prof. Wood-Mason (Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1880, p. 149), and, with its 

 allies, Mahadem, Mehala, and Ahrisa, approximate to the Paiwj^ie gruup {Cldlasa). 



Tameka castor. 



Papilio castor, Wcstwood, Anu. Nat. Hist. is. p. 37 (1812) ; Arcana Ent. ii. p. 129, ]il. 80. f. 1, 2 

 (1845), cJ ; Wood-Mason, J. A. S. Beng. 1880, pi. 'J. f. 1, 2, c? ? ; Wcstwood, P. Z. S. 1881, 

 p. 479, £. 1-4, (J ? . 



PupiUo polhix, Wcstw. Anu. N. II. ix. p. 37 (1842) ; Arc. Eut. ii. p. 129, pi. 90. f. 1. 



Hah. Silhet {Atkinson). 



MEANDRUSA, n. g. 

 Papilio, sect. xxix. subsect. B, Felder, Spec. Lep. pp. 30G, 352 (18G4). 



3Iale. Fore wing triangular ; costa much arched towards the end, apex prolonged, 

 falcate, acuminate ; exterior margin concave below the apex, lower angle abrupt ; posterior 

 margin very short ; lower discocellular very concave : hind wing short, mucli narrowed 

 hindward ; exterior margin oblique, sinuous, with a long narrow curved tail; subanal and 

 anal angle obsolete ; base of wing and abdominal fold densely hairy ; cell very long and 

 narrow. Body somewhat woolly ; antennce short, with a very siiort broad club. 

 Type 3£. cvan. 



MeANDEUSA EVAN. 



Papilio evan, Doublcday, Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. pp. 235, 304 (1845); Gen. D. Lep. pi. 2. f. 2 (184G) ; 

 Westwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. pi. 31. f. 1, 1 a (1848). 



Hab. Sibsagur, Assam {Atkinson). 



ISAMIOPSIS, n. g. 

 Papilio, sect, xxxvii. (part), Felder, Sijec. Lep. pp. 308, 354 (1864). 



Male. Fore wing elongated, broad, triangular ; costa arched regularly, apex and 

 posterior angle obtusely pointed, exterior margin oblique and straight ; cell long, broad : 

 hind wing very short, triangular, exterior margin slightly scallopeil ; cell short, not reaching 

 half the length of the wing, narrow ; tirst subcostal at less than half before end of the cell, 



