350 



RTIOPALOCEKA MALA YAyA. 



Male. Wings above blackish ; anterior wings crossed by a pale greenish fascia, broadest at inner 

 margin and narrowed, broken and macular above the median nervules, the spots placed between the 

 ner\"iles, the uppermost and smallest being subapical ; posterior wings with a broad transverse pale 

 greenish fascia on inner half, a submarginal series of pale greenish, somewhat lunulate spots, and a reddish 

 spot with a black centre above anal angle. Wings beneath much paler than above ; anterior wings 

 with pale stramineous streaks in cell, and the macular fascia as above ; posterior wings much paler than 

 above, the dark area before and beyond the transverse fascia being thickly dusted with pale greenish 

 scales, beyond the fascia are a duplex series of black spots (some fused) separated by small patches 

 of bluish scales, an ochraceous patch at apex and anal angle, the last containing a black spot, the 

 submarginal series of pale greenish spots above, enlarged, fused and fascia-like beneath. Body above 

 blackish ; body beneath and legs more or less concolorous with wings ; the legs much darker above. 



Female. Larger than the male, colour somewhat paler, and the submarginal spots to the upper 

 surface of the posterior wings ochraceous towards anal angle. 



Exp. wings, ^ , 95 to 100 millim. ; $ , 98 to 105 miUim. 



Hab.— Burma ; Moulmein (Brit. Mus.).— Malay Peninsula ; Penang, Province Wellesley (coll. Dist.) ; 

 Perak (Kiinst.-Calc. Mus.) ; Malacca (Pinwill— Brit. Mus.) ; Singapore (Wallace).— Sumatra (Wallace).— 

 Nias Island (Kheil).— Java (Horsf. & Moore).— Borneo (Druce) ; Sandakan (Pryer— coll. Dist.).— Siam; 

 Chentaboon (Druce). 



ERITHONIUS Group. 



1. Erithonius-groivp, Wallace, Trans. Liun. Soc. vol. xxv. pp. 23, 59 (1865). 



Sect. XXXIX., Subsect. B., Felder, Spec. Lep. Pap. pp. 21, 68 (1861). 



Orpheides, Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 86 (1816) ; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 146 (1881). 



The characters of this and the three following groups are thus given by Mr, Wallace :— 



"Larvffi subcylindrical, variously coloured. Imago with abdominal margin in ;? plaited, but not 

 reflexed ; body weak ; antennae short, with a thick curved club ; wings entire." 



This is an exceedingly small group, containing three species as enumerated by the 

 Felders, two of which are, however, synthetically treated as one by Mr. Wallace. The sexes 

 are similar, and the area of geographical distribution embraces Tropical and Subtropical 

 Africa, and extends from Continental India to Australia. 



11. Papilio erithonius, var. malayanus. (Tab. XXVII. h, fig. 6.) 



I'opilio EHthonim, Cramer, Pap. Ex. iii. t. 232, A, B (1782) ; Gray, Cat. Lep. Papil. p. 21, n. 92 (1852); 

 Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C. vol. i. p. 105, n.211 (1857); Reak. Proc. Ent. Soc. Pliil. iii. 

 p. 472, u. 19 (1864) ; Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 487, n. 6 ; ibid. p. 757 ; Wall. Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 vol. xxv. p. 59, n. 81 (1865) ; Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 108, n. 2 ; Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, 

 p. 814, u. 35 ; Oberth. ^itudcs d'Ent. Quatr. Livr. p. 57, n. 129 (1879) ; Elwcs, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, 

 p. 873; Gosse, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. ii. p. 314, t. 31, f. 9—12 (1882). 



I'lipiiio Epius, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 35, n. 102 (1793) ; Don. Ins. China, t. 29, f. 2 (1799) ; Godt. Enc. 

 Meth. ix. p. 43, n. 53 (1819); Boisd. Sp. Gen. i. p. 238, n. 61 (1886). 



Papilio Danoleris, Esp. Ausl. Schmett. t. 50, f. 1—4 (1785—1798); Don. Ins. China, t. 29, f. 1 (1799). 



Papilio Erithoimis, var. Mnlaijanus, Wall. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xxv. p. 59, n. 81 (1865). 



Papilio Malayanus, Butl. Traus. Liun. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 552, n. 8 (1877). 



Orjiheides Erithunius, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 147, t. 61, f. 2, .(, /- (1881); Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 258. 



