PAPILIO INDRA. Rkakirt. 



PROC. EXT. SOC. PHIL, VI. p. 123, 180G. 



Male. Expands 3 inches. 



Antenna?, head and tliorax black, two small yellow spo(.s behind the eyes, sides of collar 

 and patagiie dull yellow; abdomen black with a yellow dash on each side of the anal segment. 



Ui^per surface black, ])rimaries with a sub-marginal row of eight pale yellow lunate spots 

 ■which become gradually smaller as they approach the posterior angle; also a band of nine 

 larger spots of same color, extending from costa to inner margin, the second one having a black 

 mark on the inner end ; disco-cellular nervules defined by a yellow line. 



Secondaries have the yellow band of the primaries continued ; this band is divided by the 

 black veins into seven parts, the three nearest to the costal and the two nearest to inner margin 

 are of parallelogram form, and pretty much of one size ; the two remaining parts, laying be- 

 tween the second sub-costal and third median veinlets arc of irregular shape, extending iii 

 obtuse points beyond the lino of the others ; along the outer margin are five yellow spot.s, the 

 one nearest the outer angle is a mere dot ; the next, which is the largest, is oval, and the 

 three remaining ones are lunate ; the anal spot is large, fulvous, and encloses a black jiupil ; 

 in the space between the inner band and sub-marginal spots is a series of clusters of blue scales, 

 almost obsolete towards the costa, but becoming more distinct as they approach the interior 

 margin, where the last and best defined one surmounts the anal ocellus ; emarginations regular 

 and pale yellow, the tail, if it deserve such a distinction, is but little more than a tooth. 



Under surface, ground color, paler, that of markings much the same as on upper surface ; 

 on the primaries the sub-marginal lunules are larger than above ; the inner band remains the 

 same; on secondaries the markings of the upper side are al.so reproduced, with the addition of 

 one more lunule placed between the first and second median nervules, also, the one nearest the 

 outer angle, which is on the upper surface indicated by a mere yellow dot, is here advanced to 

 the dignity of a respectable sized crescent, tinged in the middle with fulvous ; some greyish 

 yellow scales are in conjunction with the blue ones intermediate between the lunular and mesial 

 bands. 



Of the female I am not fortunate enough to be able to say anything, for the one reason, 

 that, as far as I am aware of, no examples of the sex have yet turned up ; all the specimens I 

 know of being the males in the museums of the Am. Ent. Soc, W. H. P^dwards and myself, 

 which were taken by Mr. Ridings at Pike's Peak, Colorado, in 1861, nor has any collector 

 since been lucky enough to obtain it. 



Mr. Reakirt in his description of this species in the Proc. Ent. Soc. says : " I cannot 

 reconcile this beautiful species with Dr. Boisduval's description of Pap. Aristor Godt." neither 

 can I nor do I think it was much worth the while to say so considering that Pap. Aristor 

 is described as a tailed species with a band of five spots, some red, some yellow on the under 



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