64 PAPILIOMD^:. 



524. Papilio sakontala, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. (2) ii. 1852, p. 24, 

 pi. 5, fig. 1 ; Doherty, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 250 ; Rothsch. Nov. Zool. 

 ii, 1895, p. 343 ; Mackinnon $ de Niceville, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 xi, 1898, p. 593; Moore (Laertias), Lep. Ind.v, 1901-1903, p. 232, 

 pi. 465, figs. 1, 1 , d . 



c? . Upperside dull, somewhat brownish black. Fore wing very 

 sparingly irrorated with yellowish scales, that form ill-defined 

 cellular and interuervnlar streaks. Hind wing with a discal series 

 of very diffuse greenish-white spots in interspaces 1 to 7 and an 

 ill-defined tornal reddish lunule ; the spots in interspaces 5 and (> 

 are the most diffuse, and beyond the whole series there is a 

 postdiscal slight irroration of whitish scales. Underside : fore 

 wing opaque dark brown, the internervular streaks broader, more 

 prominent than on the upperside. Hind wing black ; the discal 

 series of elongate spots dingy white, larger and more clearly 

 defined than on the upperside, followed by a large tornal more or 

 less vermilion-red spot with a black centre and a subtertninal series 

 of similarly-coloured lunules ; the discal spot in interspace 2 

 bordered outwardly by an outwardly-curved lunule. Cilia black 

 alternated with white. Antenna?, head, thorax and abdomen 

 black. cj> unknown. 



Exp. S 107 mm. (4-23"). 



Hob. Mussoorie ; Sikbini ; Assam ; Sylhet and the Xaga Hills. 



I have followed Rothschild in keeping this form distinct, but 

 both c? and $ seem to me to be only occasional aberrations of 

 P. polytes, or possibly, as suggested by de Xiceville, atavistic forms 

 of that insect. 



525. Papilio walkeri (PI. XVI, fig. 105), Jamon, Cist. Ent. ii, 1879, 

 p. 433, pi. 8, fig. 2 J ; Jtothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 338 : Moore 

 (Laertias), Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 233, pi. 465, fig. 2 rf . 



S . Upperside sooty-black. Fore wing : cell with four, inter- 

 space 1 with three and each of the interspaces 2 to 8 with two 

 short longitudinal lines or narrow bands of ochraceous scales, 

 those in the interspaces postdiscal ; terminal margin with small 

 white spots at the apices of the veins. Hind wing : a broad 

 transverse discal band of blue scaling, somewhat diffuse at the 

 edges, followed by a transverse postdiscal series of ochraceous- 

 white quadrate spots, those in interspaces 5 and 6 more or less 

 lunular, and a terminal series of similarly-coloured very slender 

 lunules in the interspaces. Underside : ground-colour duller on the 

 fore wing, more sooty-brown than black. Fore wing as on the 

 upperside, but the lines or bands of the postdiscal series more 

 elongate in the anterior interspaces. Hind wing : ground-colour 

 slightly darker than in the fore wing, the blue transverse discal 

 band replaced by short very broad streaks of inwardly ochraceous, 

 outwardly blue scales in interspaces 1 to 4, and indications of 

 similar streaks in the interspaces above, the ochraceous and blue 



