3gS LEMONIID.E. NEMEOBIIN/E. zemeros. 



curved at its base, being tlcflcxed opposite the prcecoslal iicvvitre, branching at a considerable 

 distance from the base [beyond the end of the cell], the branch extending to the upper end of 

 the first or outer scallop ; upper disco-cellular nerz'itle short, arising a little nearer the body 

 than the branch of the subcostal, oblique ; lower disco-cellular oblique, slightly longer than 

 the upper, uniting with the median neryure exactly opposite the base of the third branch, which 

 extends to the strongest of the angles formed by the scallops of the m^vgm ; abdominal 

 7iiargin of the wing forming a very slight gutter for the reception of the abdomen. 

 Forelegs, of the male very small, and densely clothed with hairs ; tarsus simple. Of \\\q. female 

 more than twice the length of those of the male, slender, but well clothed with scales, so as to 

 conceal the joints of the tarsus, which is about equal in length to the tibia, and is terminated 

 by two small, distinct, very slender claws. Middle and hindlegs, slender, and rather short, 

 clothed with fine scales ; femur of the middle pair considerably elongated, being as 

 long as the tibia and half the tarsus ; tarsus of the hind pair rather longer than the tibia ; 

 tibial spurs very slender, short, and acute; /(jrj«j armed beneath with very fine, short, acute 

 setje." (Westivood, 1. c) 



Zemeros is a genus of but small extent, three species only having been described, and 

 limited distribution. Only one species (Z. fieovas) occurs within our limits ; it inhabits the 

 Himalayas, Assam, Tenasserim, Java, and China j the other two (Z. albipunctata and 

 Z. emesoidcs) are found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Z. flegyas and 

 Z. albipunctata are rich maroon above with black streaks and white spots placed between the 

 veins. Z. emesoides is of somewhat different aspect, the outer margins of the wings are 

 almost entire, the colouration of the upperside is yellow, there are no white spots, but the 

 black streaks are abbreviated and developed into seven even bands across both wings. 



596. Zemeros flegyas, Cramer. (Plate XXIV, Fig. 115 $). 



Papilio flegyas, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. ili, pi. cclxxx, figs. E, F (1780) ; Zemeros flegyas. Double- 

 day, Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol. ii, p. 419, pi. Ixix, fig. 5 (1851); id., Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. 

 I.Ius. E. I. C.j vol. i, p. 242, n. 520 (1857); Z. phlegyas, Doherty, Journ. A. S. B., vol. !v, pt. 2, p. 

 134, n. 194 (1886) ; Papilio allica, Fabricius, Mant. Ins., vol. ii, p. 52, n. 510 (1787) ; idem, id., Ent. 

 Syst., vol. iii, pt. i, p. 244, n. 761 (1793) ; id., Donovan, Ins. India, pi. xxxvii, fig 2 (i8oo) ; H ainanumida. 

 allica, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 18, n. 105 ("1816) ; Eryciua nllica, Godart, Enc. Meth., vol. ix, 

 p. 566, n. 13 (1823) ; Zemeros allica, Boisduval, Sp. G6a., vol. i, pi. xxi, fig. 5 (1836). 



Habitat : Himalayas, Assam, Cachar, Sylhet, Burma, Java, China ( West-wood ). 

 Expanse: I'S'to i'8 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, both luings rich maroon ; each interspace bearing a 

 black streak reaching nearly to the margin, twice interrupted, and each of the sections into 

 which it is divided marked by a white spot at its outer end, those of the inner and outer 

 sections prominent, sharply defined with black, those of the middle section obscure ; the 

 submedian interspace bearing two such streaks ; the outer white spots forming a regular 

 submarginal series, the inner spots forming an irregular series on the middle of the wing, 

 of which that on the upper median interspace is out of line, being much nearer the margin. 

 i^orezving with a small white spot in the middle of the cell, and a longer one below it in the 

 submedian interspace. Hindiving with a white streak in the cell, and one or two white spots 

 below it. Underside paler, all the markings clearer, the black streaks much reduced, 

 the apices of the marginal series marked with pale ochreous. Hindioing with some small 

 basal white spots. Cilia throughout black, marked with white on the interspaces. Female 

 paler, all the markings less distinct, the white spots sullied. 



Z. flegyas is a somewhat variable species even in the same locality, in some Sikkim 

 examples the ground-colour is much duller than in typical specimens, all the markings 

 obscure, on the underside sometimes with three large pale ochreous spots near the apex 

 of the forewing, the middle one the largest, divided by the subcostal nervure and upper 

 discoidal nervule. It is a widely distributed species, occuning in the Himalayas from 

 Masuri eastwards as far as Upper Assam, in Sylhet, Cachar, and Tenasserim, reappearing 



