16 PAPIL10NIBJE. 



Spec. Gen. Lep. i, 1836, p. 180, $ ; Moore, Cat. Lep. Mm. E. I. 

 C. i, 1857, p. 88 ; Dist. Rhop. Malay. 1885, pp. 326 & 327, 

 fig. 106, $ , pi. 27 <i, tig. 5, rf ; W.-M. # de N., J. A. S. B. 1886, 

 p. 373 ; Elwes # de N. J. A. S. B. 1886, p. 438; Watson, Jour. 

 Bomb. N. H. Sac, vi, 1891, p. 53. 



d" $ . Closely resembles P. cerberus. rf differs as follows : 

 Upper side, fore wing : the pale adnervular streaks more prominent, 

 in some specimens extended into the cell along the outer half of 

 the subcostal and of the median nervures. Hind wing: the cone- 

 shaped terminal black markings in interspaces 2, 3, and 4 more or 

 less broadly bordered on the inner side by a dusky area that is 

 irrorated with blackish scales ; the black on the costal margin 

 narrower, not extended below vein 8. Underside similar to the 

 upperside, but the dusky black borders to the cone-shaped marks 

 in interspaces 2, 3, and 4 wanting. Antennae, head, thorax, 

 abdomen and abdominal fold as in cerbenis, but the abdomen 

 beneath with two rows of black spots. In the $ the differences 

 from cerberus are Fore wing : the pale adnervular streaks very 

 broad, very prominent and extended well into the cell. Hind 

 wing : the basal third of the cell and of interspace 2 black, the 

 middle portion of the latter yellow anteriorly, bufty-white poste- 

 riorly ; the posterior half of the discal area between the postdiscal 

 spots themselves and between them and the terminal cone-shaped 

 markings more or less irrorated with blackish scales ; lastly, the 

 black in interspace 7 interrupted by an inner triangular and an 

 outer small yellow spot. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 as in cerberus, but the abdomen beneath with two lateral and two 

 median rows of black spots. 



Exp. ? $ 119-188 mm. (4-71-7-4"). 



Ha?>. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; extending to the 

 east through the Shan States to Siam and China, and on the south 

 to the Malay Peninsula. 



487. Papilio minOS, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii, 1779, p. 4, pi. 195, fig. A ; 

 Felder (Ornithoptera), Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xiv, 1864, 

 pp. 291 & 334 ; Atiken (Ornithoptera), Jottr. Bomb. N. H. Soc. ii, 

 1887, p. 35 ; Davidson fy Aitkcn (Ornithoptera), Join: Bomb. 

 N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 361 ; Rothsch. (Troides) Nov. Zool. ii, 

 1895, p. 203; Moore (Ornithoptera), Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, 

 p. 142, pi. 410, figs. 1, 1 o, 1 b, larva & pupa, <5 $. 



c? $ Differs from P. cerberus as follows : <$ . Hindwing : the 

 black along the dorsal and terminal margins both on upper and 

 undersides much broader ; on the upperside entirely filling inter- 

 space 1, on the underside with only a narrow streak of yellow at 

 the angle between the median vein and vein 2 ; the cone-shaped 

 black markings on the terminal margin shorter and broader ; on 

 the costal margin the black is narrower than in cerberus, barely 

 extended below vein 8 except at the base and apex of the wing 

 where it broadens ; the abdomen is dull yellow above and below 

 not shaded with black. $ . Hind wing : the black on the costal 



