24 PAPILIONID^. PAPILIONIN.E. PAPILIO. 



posterior wings of P. < fpliidiiiplKilus, Oberth. The luiiules in the suhmargiiial 

 row are very strongly developeil, the apices of each hinule being elongated 

 towards the margin ; the tail formed by the prolongation of the middle median 

 nervule is very marked, being nearly ^ inch long. 



Underside. All the spots on both wings larger than on the upperside. 

 Anterior wings with the first four spots of the snbmarginal row confluent with 

 those of the marginal row, and the others nearly so. Posterior wings with the 

 apices of the snbmarginal lunules much elongated, almost extending to the 

 spots of the marginal row, which are fully developed. The marginal lunules 

 on each side of the tails extend down them almost to the extremity. Across 

 the disk the outer row of sinuate black lines is crowned with silvery blue ; and 

 in the middle row, the irregular black spots extend inwardly in a conical shape, 

 and are margined on the outer side by another row of bright blue scales. 

 Inside the extremity of the cell is a broad curved black spot centred \\ ith blue ; 

 the veins are black, most broadly on the margins. Both wings irrorated with 

 stramineous scales between the spots and at the l)ase. 



x\ntenniB rufous. 



Hab. N.W. coast of Madagascar (Last). 



In the Collections of Henley Grose Smitli, tlie Hon. Walter Rothschild, and others. 



This sjjecies is iutenuediate between the Asiatic P. Erithonms, Cram., and the Afric;i.u 

 P. Beinoleus, Linn. Both the latter species are amoni; the commonest liutterflies in their 

 respective countries ; and the true P. Deiuolens is common in Madagascar, as well as on the continent 

 of Africa. P. Erlthonloides is a much larger insect than P. Erithonius, and the development of 

 the tails in the female is verv remarkaUe. A considerable series was received. 



XYIIL— PAPILIO MAEONDAYANA. s . Figs. 1, 2. 



/'(qiilid .VdroiKlnriDKi, H. Grose Smith, " Anuals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," scr. 0, vol. S, p. 7S (1891). 



Exp. $ . 4| , $ . 4f inches. 



3Jah'. Upperside. Anterior wings marked nearly as in P. ErdhnniuUhs, the 

 basal third being densely irrorated with stramineous scales in lieu of the small 

 spots or lines of the same colour arranged in nearly parallel roM's in P. Erithunioidcs. 

 Posterior wings with the subbasal stramineous band broader than in P. En'tha- 

 nioidrfi, and on the costal margin extending rather broadly round the subapical 

 ocellus, the outer part of the band between the costal and subcostal nervures 

 being brightly ferruginous ; the spots in the submarginal row are smaller and 



