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5. Papilio aristolochiae rar. diphilus. (Tab. XXXI., figs, fi A- 7 rars.) 



Fapilio Aristalochia:, Fabricius, Syst. Eiit. p. 4-18, n. 3 (1775i ; Dull. Cat. Fabr. Lepid. p. 25K. n. 7k (ISOiii; 



Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 8-10. 

 Pa/tilin PiiUdonis, Cram. Pap. Ex. ii. t. 128, A, ]! il771)). 

 Pai>Uio Puhjdoym, .Jabl. Naturs. Sclimett. ii. t. 15, f. 'A (1784); Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 71, n. 130(1819|; 



Boiscl. Spec. Geu. i. p. 207, n. 'JO (1830); Do TLian, Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned. ovorz. Bez. p. 38 t s' 



f. 1 (1840). 

 Papilh: IHphilus, Esper, Ausl. Scbmett. t. 40 I!, f, 1 (1785—1798); Hiibn. Samml. Ex. Scbmett. (1800— 



1810) ; Gray, Cat. Lepid. Papil. p. 10, ii. 34 (1852) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lap. Mus. E. I. C. vol. i. 



p. 94, 11. 190 (1857) ; Voll. Tijd. Ent. iii. p. 79, ii. 73 (1860) ; Wall. Trans. Liini. Soc. vol. xxv. p. 43, 



11. 26 (1865) ; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 756 ; Druco, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 109, n. 8 ; Pryer! 



Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xiv. p. 52 ( 1877) ; Butl. Trans. Linn. Soc. scr. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 553, n. 21 (] 877) ; 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 153, u. 31 ; Gosse, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. ii. p. 329, t. 33, 



f. 17—20 (1882). 

 Menelaidf.t Aristnlochia;, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 259. 

 Papilii) Ailiimas, Ziuk. Nova. Acta. Ac. Nat. Cur. xv. p. 144 (1831). 

 Poli/donis TliiHis, Swains. Zool. 111. Ins. ii. t. 101 (1833). 



Male. Anterior wings above fuliginous, tbe basal area blackisb, and the remaiuinfj; area streaked witb 

 blackisb, botb in cell and between the nervules ; posterior wings blackisb, witb five whitish spots beyond 

 cell, tbe first and smallest situate above tbe discoidal nervule, the fifth between the lower median nervule 

 and tbe submedian nervure, and a submarginal row of six reddish spots placed between the nervules, of 

 which tbe upper three are tbe most obscure ; a red spot above anal angle more or less fused witb tbe inner 

 whitish spot. Anterior wings beneath as above, but paler ; posterior wings with the red spots larger and 

 brighter than above, and with a small additional whitish spot within and just before end of cell (this spot 

 is frequently visible above). Head and pronotum black, with an anterior pronotal collar and a tuft between 

 tbe eyes carmine-red ; abdomen red, spotted above and beneath with black ; thorax beneath and legs 

 black ; lateral margins of the thorax at base of wings carmine-red. 



Female. Eesembling the male, but with the anterior wings broader, and the red submarginal spots 

 to the posterior wings rather more obscure. 



Exp. wings, (? & ? , 70 to 90 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India ; N.W. Provinces (Swinhoe — Butler ; N.W. Himalaya (Hocking — Moore) ; 

 Bengal (Moore); Calcutta (Horsf. & Moore). — Burma: Moulmein (Limborg). — Tenasserim; Meetan, 

 Hatsiega, Naththoung to Paboga (Limborg — Moore). — Malay Peninsula; Penang (coll. Dist.) ; Province 

 Wellesley (colls. Saner and Dist.) ; Perak (Kiinstl. — Calc. Mus.) ; Malacca (Piuwill— Brit. Mus.). — Siara ; 

 Nahconchaisee (Druce). — Java (Voll. and coll. Wallace). — China ; Chekiang and Kiangsu Provinces (Pryer). 



This is a very variable species, the race found in the Malay Peninsula being somewhat 

 inconstant in character, especially by the presence or al)sence of the whitish spot in and near 

 the end of cell of the posterior wing. When a series of specimens are examined, collected over 

 a large area, and combining typical examples of P. aristolochice and P. diphilus, the difiSculty of 

 properly separating these forms seems to be insuperable, and Mr. Moore — who cannot be accused 

 of too synthetic an arrangement of species — has recently published the two names as synonyms.* 



The flight of this butterfly has been differently described. Capt. de la Chaumette reports 

 it (when observed in Continental India) as being " slow and heavy";! whilst at Malacca the 

 Eev. L. C. Biggs describes it as having "a curious hurried flight," and that it "will often 

 bear you company for quite a long distance upon the road, returning even after Ijeing 



■'■■ Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 2.59. t Ent. Month. Mag. vol. ii. p. 37. 



Sept. 25, 1885. -^ '• 



