112 CATALOGUE OF 



a. (^ . Himalaya. From the Asiatic Society of 



Bengal. 



b. c. (^ ^ . N. India. Presented by Colonel Buckley. 



d. ^ . Kumaon. Presented by Dr. McClelland. 



e. § . Bootan. From Dr. Pemberton's Collection. 



The transformations of Tap. Machaon are copied from Duponchers 

 work, and are figured on Plate IV., fig. 2, 2«. 



Captain T. Hutton remarks : " P. Machaon is seen on the wing 

 at Deyrah, in the valley of the Dhoon, as early as February, and in 

 April its larvas are abundant there on the Carrot. At Masuri, in 

 tlie HiUs, it appears in the latter end of March, and continues till 

 October. The larva is green, with a black velvety transverse baud 

 across each segment, bearing four spots of bright orange ; it pos- 

 sesses the orange-coloured retractile process in the head, from which 

 exudes a liquid drop of a strong aromatic scent, when the insect is 

 touched, precisely as in the European larva. The food is the wild 

 and garden Carrot, and the leaves and flowers of the Radish. I have 

 taken the larvae at Masuri early in May, and the pupa on the 18th 

 May. It is abundant about Simla, and extends far into the interior." 

 — (Ent. Trans. V. p. 47.) 



225. PAPILIO CLOANTHUS, Westwood. 



Papilio Cloanthus, Westwood, Arcana Ent. p. 42, f. 11, 

 yi 2 (1842). Kollar, in HuqeVs Kaschnir, pt. II. 

 p. 405. E. Doubleday, List Lep. Srit. Mus. pt. I. 

 p. 6 ; Diurnal Lep. p. 14, n. 116. G. B. Gray, 



Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. I. p. 28, n. 136 ; id. List 



Lep. Brit. Mus. pt. I. p. 40. 



a. b. (^ ^ . N. India. Presented by Colonel Buckley. 



c. $ . N. India. From T. Tatum, Esq. 



" This is very common in fine warm weather, flitting with great 

 rapidity over the tops of the loftiest trees. It usually selects some 

 lofty oak, over the summit of which it continues to dance with a 

 jerking flight, like that of P. Sarp)edon, until its domain is invaded 

 by another individual, when a rapid chase round and round the tree 

 takes place : one while they dart away from the tree down the side 

 of the steep mountain, but ever and anou return to the favourite 

 tree, until one is fairly driven off", when the other resumes its dance 

 as before. It is difiicult to capture, from its high and rapid flight. 



