214 SOUTH- AFRICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



II. Other African Regions. 



A. Soutli Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — Angola: Bembe Mines (/. /. Mo7itetro).—Co\\. 



Brit. Mus. " Chitichoxo {Falkenstein)." — Dewitz. 

 h. Eastern Coast. — Zambesi River (Rev. H. Rowley). — Coll. Oxford 



Mus. Zanguebar : " Tchouacka (Rqfray)." — Obertliiir. 

 hi. Eastern Interior. — Bamangwato Country [H. Barher). 



B. Xorth Tropical. 



a. Western Coast. — " Cameroons." — Obertliiir. Cape Coast Castle 

 (/. M. Pask and J. Bourlie). Sierra Leone {A. R. Innes). 

 "Rio Xunez."— Obertliiir. "Gambia {A. Moloney):'— G. E. 

 Sliellev. " Senegal." — Felder. 



305. (G.) Papilio Brasidas, Felder. 



$ Papilio Leonidas, Yar, a., G. R. Graj^, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus., p. 7, n. 21, 



pi. V. f. 3 (1852). 

 Papilio Leonidas, Trim., Rhop. Afr. Aust., i. p. 21, n. 9 (1S62). 

 Papilio Brasidas, Feld., Verb. Zool.-Bot. Gesellscli. Wieu, 1S64 ; Sp. Lep., 



p. 307 [19], n. 249, and p. 353 [65], note 144. 



Exp. al, {$) 3 ill. 2I-7 lin. ; (?) 3 in. z\-7k 1'"- 



Very closely allied to P. Leonidas, Fab., hut the spots p)aler {not of 

 so green a tint), smaller, and in fore-wing {espeeially in ?) fewer. 



$ Brownisli-hlack, with dull wldtc {somet imes sUghtUi grecnish-tlngcd) 

 markings, in p)attern and arrangement as in P. Leonidas. Fore-wing : 

 first or basal oblique mark in discoidal cell, and small elongate seventh 

 spot of discal series (l)etween first and second median nervules), wholly 

 wanting ; second or median disco-cellular mark highly variable, some- 

 times as large as, or larger than, in Leonidas, but usually narrower and 

 divided transversely, occasionally into three, but more often into two 

 parts, — rarely reduced to one very small (upi^er) spot ; third disco- 

 cellular mark, spots of discal series, and spots of submarginal row 

 nearly always smaller, — the last-named sometimes minute. Hind- 

 vnng : basal patch almost always narrower, especially on inner margin, 

 the neuration crossing it only black near its outer edge ; spots of 

 discal series reduced to three, two, or one, or not seldom wanting alto- 

 gether; spots of submarginal row much smaller, the first often obso- 

 lescent or wanting ; inner-marginal fringe of long hair yellow-ochreous 

 throughout. Under side. — Ground-colouring darker ; markings smaller 

 than on upper side, especially basal patch of hind-wing, which has a 

 decided tinge of ochre-yellow ; basal red usually much duller than in 

 Leonidas, sometimes obsolescent. 



$ Like $, hiot markings wliiter and {tvith cxcepdion of basal j}ateh 

 of hind-vjing) verg frequently much smaller and fewer. Fore-icing : small 

 third spot of discal row almost always, and fifth very often, wanting ; 

 disco-cellular marks usually much reduced, — rarely represented by a 

 median and terminal indistinct very small spot, — and in one example 

 absent except for two scarcely perceptible median dots. Under 

 SIDE. — As in $, except for usually smaller and fewer spots. 



