Papilio Telamon of Donovan. 



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the distinctions between the markings of these two species and T. 

 Camadeva, but the following are their chief differences : — 



Upper Side. 

 The marginal row of lunules 



The marks preceding the mar- 

 ginal lunules 



Under Side. 



The anterior transverse striga 

 of discoidal cell 



The posterior striga, in the 

 middle of the fore wings 



The two subapical parallel 

 strigae 



Howqua. 



much angulated 

 diamond-shaped 



dentate 



deeply multi- 

 sinuated 



slightly multi- 

 arcuate in fore 



wings, nearly 



straight in hind 



wings 



Camadeva. 



moderately arched 

 diamond-shaped 



very dentate 

 multisinuated 

 nearly straight 



Nourmahal. 



nearly straight 

 V-shaped 



slightly waved 

 nearly straight 



strongly den- 

 tate 



Drusilla Mylcecha, Westw. 



D. alis niveis, omnium utrinque costa nigricanti, posticis subtus 

 ocellis duobus magnis, sequalibus, nigris, pupilla minima alba 

 circulo latiori fulvo, alteroque tenui nigro circumcinctis, 

 capite thoraceque subtus nigris, palpis fulvis, abdomine lute- 

 scenti. (Mas et fcem.) 



Expans. alar, antic, unc. 4. 



Habitat in Insulis Louissiadis, Maris Indici (D. MacGillivray.) 



In Mus. Britann. 



This is one of the fine additions to the National Museum col- 

 lected by John MacGillivray, Esq., naturalist of the Rattlesnake 

 exploring ship, by whom it was found flying in great abundance in 

 the woods of the south-eastern island of the Louissade Archi- 

 pelago. 



The wings in both sexes are of a very pure silky-white, the 

 costa of the fore wings on both sides rather narrowly brownish- 

 black, bearing in the male a very slender white line, running quite 

 close to the costal edge ; in this sex, also, the two discoidal veins 

 are also black. The hind wings in both sexes have a brownish- 

 black costa, the dark colour extending to the large ocellus near 

 the outer angle ; near the base of the costa in the males, on the 

 upper side, is a tuft of long yellowish hairs, and the fore wings 

 above this tuft are rather dilated, and more transparent than else- 

 where. In this sex, also, the anal margin is narrowly edged with 



