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mark twice as broad as in Lconldas ; sixth spot of discal series rather, 

 and fifth greatly enh\rged, so that these three markings form a broad 

 oblique band ; the seventh spot is considerably and the eighth moder- 

 ately enlarged and lengthened ; and the first and second are much 

 longer ; hrst and third disco-cellular marks and eight spots of sub- 

 marginal row, on the contrary, considerably smaller. Jlind-winr/ : 

 basal patch consideral»ly wider, especially along inner margin, and in 

 discoidal cell reaching nearly to extremity ; submavginal spots much 

 reduced in size. The basal red appears to be wanting on the under 

 side in both wings. 



(Jjah. — " Zanguebar : Tchouacka (7.'((f/Y///)."— Oberthiir.) 



This marked variety was named and figured by Mr. C. Oberthur 

 (oj). cit) from a single example ; it is possibly, as he suggests, entitled 

 to species rank, but not having examined the specimen, I am unable 

 to give any decided opinion on this point. 



P. Lconldas has long been well known from the Western Coast of 

 Tropical Africa, and later as a native also of the Eastern Coast. It 

 was not until 1878 that I learned the existence of the typical form 

 to the south of the tropic, where its prevalent representative is the 

 doubtfully distinct " Variety A." of Mr. G. R. Gray ( = Brasidas, Feld.). 

 Specimens received in that year and subsequently from Delagoa Bay 

 (Mrs. Monteiro) quite agree with West-Coast examples; and just 

 recently — in November 1887 — I have received a $ and a $ taken 

 as far south as Etshowe in Zululand by Captain A. M. Goodrich. 

 The $ shows a tendency in the direction of Brasidas by the almost 

 obsolete condition of the basal cellular mark in the fore-wings. 



A pupa received from Mrs. Monteiro resulted in a ^ on the 9th 

 December 1886. I could not discover that this Delagoa Bay specimen 

 differed at all from the chrysalides of Brasidas from Natal, which are 

 described below. 



As Boisduval (oj). cit.) and Mrs. Butler {Cat. Fah. D. Lep. in Brit. 

 Mils., p. 243) have pointed out, P. Lconidas in pattern and colouring 

 presents unmistakable resemblance to the variety (Petiverana, Doubl. 

 = Leonora, Butl.) of Panais Limniacc, Cram., inhabiting Western 

 Tropical Africa.^ Tliis mimicry is not close as regards the basal patch 

 of the hind-wings, but is accentuated by the similarity in the outline 

 of the wings, the white spotting of the head and thorax, and the median 

 ochreous-yellow colouring on the under side of the abdomen. 



Localities of Papilio Lconidas. 



I. South Africa. 



F. Zululand.— Etshowe {A. M. Goodrich). 



H. Delagoa Bay. — Louren^o Marques {Mrs. Monteiro). 



1 Mr. J. Morton Pask, R.N., who presented specimens of this Banais to the South- 

 African Museum, informed me that it was a very abun<lant species at Cape Coast Castle. 



