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subcostal nervure terminates just below the apex of the wing in the male, but at the 

 apex in the female ; the lower discoidal nervule rises from the upper discoidal not very 

 far from the origin of the latter ; the upper and middle discocellular nervules absent ; 

 lower discocellular upright, slightly concave, rising directly after the origin of the 

 discoidal nervule ; second median nervule rising just before the lower end of the 

 cell ; submedian nervure straight. Secondaries with the costa evenly curved ; the 

 outer margin in the male is slightly scalloped and inwardly oblique, in the female 

 rounded and decidedly scalloped ; the submedian nervure is produced into a short 

 tail, generally much longer in the female than in the male, sometimes with a second tail 

 at the end of the first median nervule in the male longer than the other — this tail is 

 always present in the female, but is shorter; sometimes there is a third tail at the 

 termination of the second median nervule, which is the shortest of the three. Anal 

 lobe large and well formed. The costal nervure is curved throughout, but very 

 strongly near the base ; first subcostal, rising close to the end of the cell, is likewise 

 curved ; upper and lower discocellular nervules slightly concave and outwardly oblique, 

 second median nervule rising near the lower end of the cell ; submedian nervure 

 slightly recurved, the internal nervure strongly recurved and long. Antennae rather 

 long, over half the length of the costa. Eyes smooth. Palpi porrect. Thorax stout. 

 Body fairly robust. The male has a small tuft of hairs just before the middle of the 

 inner margin of the primaries, and a very slight glandular space between the bases of 

 the costal and the subcostal nervures. 



Larva onisciform, smooth ; head small ; second segment small, then increasing rapidly 

 to the fifth, afterwards decreasing to the anal segment. Pupa smooth, humped on the 

 thorax ; abdominal segments very broad at first, but rapidly decreasing to the tail. 



De Niceville says he has only taken specimens of this genus on or near the banian 

 tree, on the leaves and small branches of which they alight. He describes the flight 

 as very powerful and rapid, though the insects soon settle after being disturbed. The 

 triangular shape and strong texture of the wings would lead one to expect that all 

 members of the genus were powerful and rapid fliers. The genitalia are specialised, 

 the tegumen being of a very simple hood-like shape (like a sun-bonnet) with long- 

 slender hooks attached very simply to its lower extremity; the lateral supports are 

 slender and the clasps well developed. 



Ikaota timoleon (Stoll). (Plate IV. figs. 2 & 2 a.) 

 Papilio timoleon Stoll, Suppl. Cramer, Pap. Ex. vol. v. pi. xxxii. figs. 4, 4 d, $ (1790). 

 Amblypodia timoleon Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C. vol. i. p. 14. n. G7, pi. xii. figs. '■> 

 larva, 3 a pupa (1857) ; Marshall and de Niceville, Butt. Ind. vol. i. pi. ii., larva and pupa 

 (1882). 

 Iraota timoleon Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1882, p. 249 ; Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. 

 p. 279, pi. xcvi., cJ (1888). 

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