RHOPALOCEUA .V.I/,.nM.V.(. 345 



is narrowest, to the upper median nervule wlitre it is broadest, more or less convex inwardly and obtusely 

 dentate outwardly ; between the spot and the abdominal margin are three small patches of whitish scales, 

 a red lunulate spot above anal angle, and the fringe alternately white and l)lack. Wings beneath less 

 glossy black than above; anterior wings with the cellular margin, the longitudinal streaks in cell, and 

 a series of streaks near outer margin greyish ; posterior wings with the liasal portion of the neuration, 

 longitudinal streaks in cell, and some scattered scales between the costal and subcostal nervures "revish, 

 the discal whitish patch narrowed and more macular, being divided by the black neuration, two lunulate 

 greyish spots divided by the second median nervule, three lunulate bluish spots divided by the Hrst and 

 second median nervules and two red spots with black centres and outwardly raar<'ined with "revish, 

 one a little before and the other a little above anal angle, the last containing an upper violaceous streak. 

 Body above concolorous with wings, the pronotal collar spotted with greyish ; body beneath with legs 

 blackish or dark fuscous ; a streak on inner side of eyes, posterior margin of head, some spots on 

 prosternum, longitudinal streaks on femora, and some obscure abdominal spots, greyish. 



Female. Larger than the male ; anterior wings above with the longitudinal streaks paler, brighter, 

 and more ochraceous-brown ; posterior wings with the discal patch more stramineous than in male, and 

 with two red spots with black centres, one a little before and the other a little above the anal angle ; 

 anterior wings beneath with the outer longitudinal streaks much broader than in male ; posterior wings 

 beneath with the markings larger and somewhat brighter than in male. 



Exp. wings, I? , 142 millim. ; 2 , 152 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula ; Penang (Brit. Mus.) : Province Wellesley (colls. Sauer and Dist.) ; .Malacca 

 (Pinwill — Brit. Mus.) ; Singapore (coll. Wall.).— Borneo (Wall.). 



P. isumra does not appear to be an abundant species, and is apparently almost coniincd 

 to this fauna. 



10. Papilio prexaspes. (Tab. XXIX., fig. 2 <? .) 



Papillu I'rcxaspcs, Felder, Ecise Nov. Lep. i. p. 107, n. 82, t. 15, f. d (I860) ; Butl. Trans. Liun. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Zool. vol. i. p. 553, u. 11 (1877). 



Male. Wings above black ; posterior wings with a discal, pale stramineous, macular patch divided 

 by the black neuration and extending from near the apex (where it is narrowest) to the upper median 

 nervule (whei'e it is broadest) inwardly somewhat convex and outwardly obtusely dentate ; fringe 

 alternately greyish and black ; anterior wings beneath with cellular and outer brownish longitudinal 

 streaks, and with a greyish spot near outer angle ; posterior wings with the macular discal patch whiter 

 than above, and between it and the abdominal margin are three lunulate greyish spots divided by the 

 median nervules, followed by a series of more or less obscure bluish spots, and dark ochraceous marginal 

 spots, which are almost completely obliterated from beneath the upper median nervule ; a dark ochraceous 

 spot above the anal angle ; the fringe as above. Body above black, the pronotal collar spotted with 

 greyish-white ; body beneath with legs blackish ; interior margin of eyes, basal margin of head, under 

 surface of legs, and spots to thorax and abdomen, greyish -white. 



Exp. wings, $ , 110 millim. 



H.U3.— Malay Peninsula ; Selangor— Kwala Lumpor (Biggs— coll. Dist.^ ; Malacca (Com. de Castelnau 

 —coll. Feld. ; Pinwill— Brit. Mus.). 



11. Papilio nephelus, var. saturnus (Tab. XXX., figs. 3 J , 4 2 , 5 2, mr.) 



Papiliu Xqihrhis, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. i. p. 210, 11. 21 ( 1836) ; De Haan, Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned. overz. Bez. \\ 2!>. 

 I. 4, f. 4 (1810) ; Wall. Trans. Liun. Soc. vol. xxv. p. 51, n. 61 (1805) ; Oberth. JEtudes d'Ent. Quatr. 

 Livr. p. 45, n. GO (1879). 

 Sept. 25, 1885. "^ '' 



