I'APILIONI]).T.. PAI'ILIONIN.E. — PAPILIO. 



less luiiuhite outwardly, and tlu' Idack spot at tlic lower end of the rnt'ous anal 

 spot of P. Erithoiiioidfs is alisent, the rufous spot of P. MannuJarana being 

 rounder and paler ; the space between the sul)marginal row and the band is 

 more densely irrorated with stramineous scales. 



Underside. Resembles P. f-h-illionioidcs, but paler. On the anterior wings 

 the longitudinal stramineous l)ars at the l)ase are more confluent and less elon- 

 gated than in P. Kritlt<inii)idrs. The space between the end of the cell and the 

 third spot in the discal row of spots is densely irrorated with stramineous 

 scales, wliich are absent in the corresponding space in P. Erithoiiioides. On the 

 posterior wings the dark markings are less conspicuous, and the subapical 

 ocellus is more elongate-ovate, and surrounded with a narrower black line than in 

 P. Fritluiiiididcs : on the disk in the spaces between the nervules, and surrounding 

 the outer part of the cell, is an irregular row of triangular black markings (the 

 two uppermost hastate) bordered outwardly with ill-defined silvery bluish-white 

 spots; the submarginal spots are more conical, and nearer the margin; the 

 marginal lunules are narrower and more elongate, those on each side of the 

 tail extending down nearly to its end ; the rufous anal spot is sharply triangular, 

 with the apex downwards, instead of being quadrangular with a black bar below ; 

 the space above the rufous spot is silvery bluish-white. The antennas of both 

 sexes are red, as are those of the female of P. Erithoiiioidfs ; the antenna^ of 

 the male of the latter, and of both sexes of P. Demohns are black. 



Female. Resembles the male, but larger. 



Hab. Mahabo, Marondava River, S.W. Madagascar (Last). 



lu the Collections of Henley Grose Smith and the Hon. Walter Eothschild. 



Allied to P. Bemoleus, Linn., and P. Erithoiiioides, Grose Smith; but the anterior wiutrs are 

 narrower, more curved on the costal margin, and more concave on the outer m,»ri,'iu. Tlie 

 posterior wings have a tail j inch long in both sexes. 



It is interesting to meet with two such very distinct species in Madagascar of a small griai[> 

 like that of P. Demoleus, which is widely distributed, but includes very few species, and th;ise by 

 no means remarkably variable. 



P. Marondavana was captured in the al)ove locality only, while P. Erithonioides occurred iu 

 nearly every locality visited liy Mr. Last on his journey down the West Coast as far soiitJi as 

 Salarv. 



