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  The 
  Konkan. 
  G. 
  W. 
  V. 
  de 
  Rhe-Philippe. 
  (Vol. 
  XVIII, 
  1907-08. 
  

   p. 
  884) 
  " 
  Papilio 
  polytes 
  L. 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  record 
  a 
  fourth 
  type 
  of 
  female 
  

   intermediate 
  between 
  the 
  " 
  romulus 
  " 
  and 
  ''polytes" 
  types. 
  It 
  has 
  

   the 
  discal 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  wing 
  white 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  polytes 
  ' 
  form, 
  

   but 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  approaching 
  the 
  ' 
  romulus 
  ' 
  type 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  

   broad 
  white 
  band 
  on 
  the 
  forewing. 
  The 
  specimen, 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  

   at 
  Khandala 
  in 
  October 
  1905, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  I 
  have 
  seen." 
  

  

  Bombay 
  Presidency. 
  B. 
  H. 
  Aitken. 
  (Vol. 
  II, 
  1887, 
  p. 
  36). 
  " 
  P. 
  

   pammon. 
  This 
  is 
  nearly 
  as 
  abundant 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  (viz., 
  P. 
  erithonius), 
  

   the 
  polyctor 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  being 
  decidedly 
  the 
  most 
  common." 
  

   Dr. 
  Jordan 
  agrees 
  with 
  me 
  in 
  concluding 
  that 
  " 
  polyctor 
  " 
  was 
  inadver- 
  

   tently 
  written 
  instead 
  of 
  " 
  polytes." 
  

  

  Nimar 
  District, 
  Central 
  Provinces. 
  D. 
  0. 
  Witt. 
  (Vol. 
  XIX, 
  1909-10, 
  

   p. 
  569). 
  

  

  Papilio 
  polytes, 
  L. 
  " 
  More 
  common 
  in 
  forest 
  areas 
  than 
  in 
  gardens 
  

   and 
  cultivated 
  land. 
  Of 
  a 
  skulking 
  habit, 
  keeping 
  usually 
  to 
  forest 
  

   with 
  bushy 
  undergrowth 
  in 
  it. 
  Rains 
  and 
  cold 
  weather." 
  

  

  Central 
  Provinces. 
  J. 
  A. 
  B. 
  {i.e., 
  Betham). 
  Vol. 
  VI, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  329.) 
  

   " 
  113. 
  Papilio 
  polytes, 
  L. 
  This 
  and 
  P. 
  pammon 
  are 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  

   species. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  " 
  swallow-tail 
  " 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  

  

  almost 
  everywhere 
  It 
  has 
  3 
  forms 
  of 
  female, 
  the 
  first 
  almost 
  

  

  exactly 
  resembles 
  the 
  male 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  a 
  mimic 
  of 
  P. 
  aristolochice, 
  

   and 
  the 
  third 
  imitates 
  P. 
  hector 
  ." 
  

  

  Plains 
  of 
  India. 
  T. 
  R. 
  Bell. 
  (Vol. 
  XIX, 
  1909-10, 
  p. 
  33). 
  

  

  Refers 
  to 
  P. 
  polytes 
  imitating 
  P. 
  hector 
  and 
  P. 
  aristolochice. 
  

  

  Plains 
  of 
  India. 
  T.R.Bell. 
  (Vol. 
  XXI, 
  1911, 
  pp. 
  527 
  and 
  531). 
  

  

  (p. 
  527). 
  " 
  83. 
  Papilio 
  polytes. 
  A 
  polymorphic 
  form. 
  The 
  male 
  

   varies 
  slightly 
  but 
  is 
  fairly 
  constant 
  throughout 
  its 
  range 
  ; 
  the 
  female 
  

   generally 
  with 
  two 
  forms, 
  in 
  Southern 
  India 
  with 
  three, 
  strikingly 
  

   different 
  in 
  appearance 
  " 
  (with 
  detailed 
  description 
  and 
  plates). 
  

  

  (p. 
  531). 
  " 
  Another 
  extraordinary 
  thing 
  is 
  that 
  where 
  local 
  forms 
  

   of 
  P. 
  aristolochice 
  occur, 
  there 
  the 
  polytes 
  form 
  is 
  also 
  modified 
  in 
  a 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  similar 
  way. 
  Things 
  go 
  even 
  further 
  than 
  that 
  in 
  Celebes 
  where 
  

   typical 
  polytes 
  males 
  do 
  not 
  exist, 
  being 
  replaced 
  by 
  a 
  constant 
  similar 
  

   but 
  aberrant 
  race 
  called 
  P. 
  polytes 
  alcindor, 
  Oberth., 
  ; 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  only 
  

   of 
  one 
  type 
  and 
  that 
  imitates 
  a 
  butterfly 
  of 
  the 
  P. 
  hector 
  group 
  called 
  

   P. 
  polyphonies, 
  Boisd, 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  found 
  in 
  Celebes 
  and 
  some 
  few 
  

   neighbouring 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Gilolo 
  group 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  although 
  P. 
  aris- 
  

   tolochice 
  exists 
  there. 
  Why 
  ? 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  even 
  guess 
  at 
  an 
  answer." 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Jordan 
  kindly 
  informs 
  me 
  that, 
  although 
  aristolochice 
  was 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  Celebes 
  by 
  the 
  Hon'ble 
  W. 
  Rothschild 
  (7m, 
  1892), 
  the 
  single 
  

   male 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  conclusion 
  was 
  based 
  came 
  in 
  reality 
  from 
  Bali, 
  

  

  