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inner side narrowly, on the outer side much more broadly, by ill- 

 defined diffuse blue scaling ; the black spot at the tornal angle in 

 interspace 1 centred by an irregular deep ochraceous-red spot, 

 above this is a quadrate white spot and in line with it in inter- 

 space 2 a similar but narrower white spot ; there is a minute white 

 discal spot also in interspace 5. Underside similar to the upperside, 

 the ground-colour duller ; the markings on the fore wing similar, 

 but the terminal white spots still larger. Hind wing : a discal series 

 of extremely elongate streaks in the interspaces beyond the cell ; 

 these streaks a.re rich ochraceous-red mixed with white, but turn to 

 pure white without any red in the anterior interspaces ; the streaks 

 in interspaces 1 to 5 interrupted along their inner halves by a row 

 of spots of a shade darker than the ground-colour of the wing, 

 which spots are outwardly bordered by diffuse blue scaling. 



Ea?j). d 98 mm. (3-88"). 



Hub. Procured at Coimbatore, S. India. 



The other aberrational specimen, also a J, from Southern India, 

 closely resembles typical specimens but on the hind wing the 

 white spots of the transverse discal series are wanting in inter- 

 spaces 1, 2, 3 and 7. This gives the insect a superficial resem- 

 blance both to P. chcton and P. castor. 



523, Papilio pitmani, Ehces $ de N. (Papilio-Laertias), J. A. S. B. 

 1886, p. 434, pi. 20, fig. 1 d ; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. i, 1894, p. 685 ; 

 id. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 343 ; Moore (Sadengia), Lep. 2nd. \, 

 1901-1903, p. 216, pi. 459, figs. 1, 1 a, rf. 



c? . Yery closely resembles P. polytes tf , from which it can, 

 however, be distinguished as follows : Upperside of a more 

 brownish-black than in polytes. Fore wing more thickly irrorated 

 with yellowish scales ; an obscure yellowish-bi-own spot (not always 

 present) in interspaces 1 a and 1 close to the tornal angle : 

 the admarginal spots along the termen so conspicuous in polytes 

 entirely absent ; cilia black, with a few touches of white on 

 posterior half of wing. Hind wing : the postdiscal band of 

 elongate white markings as in polytes, but the posterior one or two 

 brownish yellow; the tornal ocellus generally obscure and ill- 

 defined. Underside similar ; ground-colour a duller brownish 

 black, the irroration of yellowish scales more prominent, formed 

 into lines in the cell of the fore wing and internervular broad 

 streaks on the anterior half of the same ; a transverse subterminal 

 series of diffuse white spots on the fore wing that vary from a 

 single spot in interspace 1 a to double spots in interspaces 1 to 4. 

 Hind wing : the postdiscal band of white spots as on the upper- 

 side, followed by a subterminal series of yellow lunules. Cilia 

 black irregularly alternated with white. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen dull brownish black. $ unknown. 



Exp. ^ 90-94 mm. (3'58-3-69"). 



Hob. Recorded only from the hills of South Tenasserim below 

 Tavoy and Siatn. 



