PAPILIONID.E. 



Woods. Frequently visits gardens in the neighbourhood of woods. 



December (m) March (m). 



This handsome Butterfly is a remarkable instance of the manner in which 

 species of one group often imitate those of another, far-remote and 

 quite different in structure. In colours and arrangement of marking, 

 the $ so nearly resembles another South African Butterfly, Danais 

 Echeria, Stoll, that when I first took the insect at Knysna, I thought 

 it a very large specimen of the latter, until 1 saw the six legs and general 

 structure of Papilio. Curiously, also, the ? Cenea bears considerable 

 resemblance to another South African Danais D. Chrysippus, Linn. It 

 is not so rapid a flier as P. Nirens or P. Merope ; and is, in general, not 

 difficult to capture. A small white, labiate flower, growing in open spots 

 in the woods, is much frequented by this species. Like many other species, 

 the female is much more rarely seen than the male. I only saw two female 

 specimens, one at Knysna, and the other at Plettenberg Bay. 



Knysna. Plettenberg Bay. Coll. mihi. 

 Natal. Coll. Brit. Mus. 



9. Papilio Leonidas. 



Papilio similis, Cram., Pap. Exot., pi. 9, f, B, C. 



Herbst. and Jabl., Nat. Bek.Ins. Sclimett. 



[VI, pi. 124, f. 1, 2. 



Papilio Leonidas, Fab., Ent. Syst. t III, 1, p. 35, n. 103. 

 Arisbe similis, Hiibn, Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 89. 

 Papilio Leonidas, Godt., Enc. Meth., IX, p. 44, n. 56. 

 Boisd., Sp, Gen. Lep., I, p. 242. 



Westw., Arc. Ent., I, p. 149. 



(var. $ ) G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Brit. 



(Mus., I, pi. 5, f. 3. 

 Expands 3 in. 4 lin. 3 in. 10 lin. 



Blackish-brown, with greenish-white spots. Fore-wing : 

 three or four spots in discoidal cell, viz., two or three form- 

 ing an oblique, transverse, outwardly-inclining short row about 

 middle of cell, and one at extremity close to sub-costal nervure: 

 beyond cell, and near apex, three elongate spots forming an 

 outward tending transverse row ; this row is apparently con- 

 tinued inwardly by three other spots, viz. : a small one be- 

 tween second discoidal and first median nervules (frequently 

 obsolete), a large ovate one between first and second median 

 nervules, and a moderate-sized elongate one between third 

 median nervule and sub-median nervure ; a row of six or seven 

 small rounded spots along hind-margin. Hind-wing : a broad 

 greenish-white space on basal portion, (Jivided into five by 

 the nervures, base itself dark-brown ; along hind-margin a row 

 of five small rounded spots ; between this row and the basal 

 patch sometimes from one to three similar spots (when more 

 than one, arranged parallel to the outer row). UNDERSIDE. 

 White markings as on upper-side, but rather duller in tint, 



