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more or less elongate spots of varying breadth at base of inter- 

 spaces 1-7, all these very distinctly divided by the broadly black- 

 bordered veins, the spot in interspace 4 more or less obsolescent ; 

 lastly, a subterminal row of more or less crescentic white spots, 

 the lower two shaded with crimson followed by a crimson tornal 

 and a terminal similar but brighter spot at apex of vein 3, the 

 spatulate tail black. Underside similar ; the ground-colour duller. 



Fig. 4. a. Hind wing: P. doubledayi. 



b. Hind wing: P. rhodifer. 



c. Anal valves of Coon group, opeu on upperside. 



Hind wing : a white discal spot often in interspace below vein 1, 

 the lower two spots of the terminal series entirely crimson. 

 Antennae, thorax and abdomen above up to the preanal segment 

 black ; head, palpi, sides of the thorax and rest of the abdomen 

 crimson, the abdomen with black lateral spots. 5 similar ; fore 

 wing paler. Hind wing : the central white markings larger, the 

 subterminal spot in interspace 2 white, coalescent with the crimson 

 tornal spot. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the 3 . 



Exp. rf 2 118-134 mm. (4'65-5-25"). 



Hob. Burma ; Tenasserim ; extending to the Malay Peninsula. 



Race cacharensis, Butler. 3 $ smaller, with the ground-colour 

 duller and the discal white spots on the hind wing conspicuously 

 reduced in size. According to Rothschild the subterminal and 

 terminal markings are also paler, often yellowish red. " Head, 

 sides of breast and abdomen of a yellowish-red instead of 

 vermilion-red " (Rothschild, t. c.). 



Exp. rf $ 102-112 mm. (4-02-4-41"). 



Hob. Kecorded so far only from Cachar. 



493. Papilio rhodifer, Sutler, Ent. Month. Mag. xiii, 1876, p. 57; 

 Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 254 ; Moore (Losnria), Lep. Ind. 

 v, 1901-1903, p. 186, pi. 440, figs. 1, 1 a, $ $ . 



<3 differs from P. doubledayi as follows : Ground-colour a rich 



