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Papilioninae 

 Papilio LiniicEUs 

 There are about sixty species and subspecies of this genus which are 

 recorded from the African continent. Of these, twenty-three are re- 

 presented in the collection upon which I am reporting. 



(421) 1. Papilio antimachus Drury 



Papilio antimachus Drury, 1782, 111. Exot. Eiit., Ill, p. 1, Pl.i. Aurivillius, 1908, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 11, PI. lo. 



One good and two somewhat damaged males. One is labelled as 

 from Batama, taken in September 1909, another from Avakubi, May 

 1910, the third from Bafwasende, September 1910. 



(422) 2. Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson 



Papilio zalmoxis Hewitson, 1864, Exot. Butt., Ill, Papilio, PI. vi, fig. 18. Aurivil- 

 lius, 1908, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 12, PI. i6. 



There are five males, one caught at Avakubi, October 4, 1909, a 

 second taken at Gamangui in February, two captured at Bafwasende 

 in September, and the fifth caught at Niangara in November 1910. 



(423) 3. Papilio dardanus Brown 



Papilio dardanus Brown, 1776, New 111. ZooL, p. 52, PI. xxii. Aurivillius, 1909, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 13, PI. no, cf . 



Papilio hippocodrcF ABRicivs, 1793, Ent. Syst., Ill, part 1, p. 38, 9 . Hewitson, 1868, 

 Exot. Butt., IV, Papilio, PI. xii, fig. 38. Aurivillius, 1908, Seitz, Gross- 

 Schmett., XIII, p. 13, PI. lib. 



Twenty-eight males of this form, most of them taken at IVIedje, a 

 few in April and a few in September, but most of them in July and 

 August; one is labelled "Stanleyville, August 23, 1909," another 

 "Munie Katoto, November 1909," and a third is marked as caught at 

 "Niangara, November 1910." 



One specimen of the female form hippccnon was taken at Niangara, 

 November 17, 1910. 



(424) 4. Papilio cynorta Fabricius 



Papilio cynorta Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst., Ill, part 1, p. 37. Westwood, 1843) 



Arcana Ent., I, p. 15, PI. xl, figs. 3, 4, cf. 

 Papilio boisduvalianus Westwood, 1843, Arcana Ent., I, p. 151, PI. xl, figs. 1, 2. 



There are twelve males and two females. One greatly dwarfed 

 male was caught at Niangara in Novemlier; all the rest are from Medje, 

 two males taken in April, the rest in August and September. 



