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“TI showed the sergeant various butterflies, including 
P. zalmozxis, but these were not like the specimen seen. How- 
ever, upon seeing P. antimachus he exclaimed: ‘It is like 
that species but with much more brilliant blue, and larger.’ ” 
Dr. W. A. LamBorn has written to say that he once saw a 
specimen of this great Papilio in 8. Nigeria. 
Mr. C. J. Grist records that a friend of his who was in 
Nigeria told him that he saw a large butterfly, which he 
could not catch, and his description tallied’ to a great extent 
with that of Mr. Barns’, except that he said the fore-wings 
were all bright Cambridge blue and the hind-wings red with 
yellow markings. 
We have recently come across the following note by Hewrr- 
SON in the Ent. Mo. Mag., x, p. 122, 1873.—In the introduction 
to his description of some West African Lycaenidae he says 
that the collector, Mr. Rogers, “saw P. antimachus and 
another large butterfly, which, from his description, must 
be a magnificent species.”” No mention is made of what this 
was like and no further locality is given. May it not have 
been the species under discussion ? 
It is certain that a Papilio similar to the specimen drawn 
by Mr. Barns does exist in Africa, and the evidence points 
to its being distributed from Guinea to the Lindi River. It 
must be very rare, very wary, and very strong on the wing. 
Prof. Poutron expressed the opinion that though this 
butterfly is probably very rare, it is not necessarily difficult 
to catch. 
A GYNANDROMORPH OF ARGYNNIS HYPERBIUS CASTESTI. 
—Mr. G. Tatzot on behalf of Mr. J. J. Jorcry also exhibited 
a gynandromorphous example of Argynnis hyperbius castesti 
Ob., from §. India, of which the right side is female, repre- 
senting the hyperbius form with white subapical band. The 
left side has the fore-wing mostly male with the androconia 
present on vein 2. Traces of the female element occur in 
the presence of a portion of the white subapical band, of some 
of the white submarginal spots, and of some grey-blue scaling 
in cellules 3-5. The left hind-wing is female but darker than 
the right wing, and is a little smaller. On the underside the 
left fore-wing shows less trace of the female element than 
we 
