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(440) 19. Papilio charcedonius Karsch 



Papilio charcedonius Karsch, 1895, Ent. Nachr., XXI, p. 2S5. Aurivillius, 1908, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 24, PI. ixr. 



Two males, one caught at Medje in August, the other at Niangara 

 in November. 



(441) 20. Papilio leonidas Fabricius 



Papilio leonidas Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst., Ill, part 1, p. 35. Aurivillius, 1908, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 22, PI. \nd. 



Eleven specimens caught at Medje, two in April, the rest from July 

 to September: nine captured at Niangara in November; one at Risimu, 

 September 8, 1909; one at Avakubi in November; and two at Faradje 

 in December. 



(442) 21. Papilio antheus Cramer 



Papilio antheus Cramer, 1779, Pap. E.xot., Ill, p. 72, PI. ccxxxiv, figs. B, C. Auri- 

 villius, 1908, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 25, PI. ixo. 



There are thirty-seven specimens, one caught at Medje in April, 

 two taken at the same place in July, and all the rest captured at Gaman- 

 gui in February. 



(443) 22. Papilio policenes Cramer 



Papilio policenes Cramer, 1775, Pap. Exot., I, p. 61, PI. xxxvii, figs. A, B. Aurivil- 

 lius, 1908, Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 25. 



There are one hundred and six examples of this common spQcies in 

 the collection. Most of them were taken at Gamangui in February, 

 but a score or more are labelled as from Medje, a few taken in April, 

 the rest in the mid-summer months. A few were caught at Niangara 

 in November, and one is labelled "Ngayu, December." 



(444) 23. Papilio illyris Hewitson 



Papilio illyris Hewitson, 1873, Ent. ]\Io. Mag., IX, p. 232. Aurivillius, 1908, 

 Seitz, Gross-Schmett., XIII, p. 26, PL viiia. 



A single male taken at Medje in the first week of September. 



Hesperiidae 



In view of the large numl^er of species, nearly three hundred, belong- 

 ing to the family Hesperiida', which are already known to occur in the 

 region of the Congo, the collection brought home by the Lang-Chapin 

 Expedition is somewhat disappointing. Like the collection of the 

 Lycgenidae reported upon on preceding pages, it shows that the native 

 collectors who were employed to gather insects concentrated their 



