66 



PAPILIONID^E. 



b'. White spots of subterminal series on 

 fore wing not larger towards costa, all 

 equal or subequal. 



a' 2 . These spots minute P. maJtadeva, p. 67. 



b 2 . These spots much larger P. dravidarum, p. 68. 



52G. Papilio castor,' Westwood, A. M. N. H. ix, 1842, p. 37, d ; 

 Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 93 ; Rothsch. Nov. 

 Zool. ii, 1895, p. 357 ; Moore (Tamera), Lep. Ind. vi, 1903, p. 74, 

 pi. 496, figs. 1, la-le, & pi. 497, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, <J $ . 



Race mehala. 



Papilio mehala, Grose-Smith, A.M.N.H. (5) xviii, 1886, p. 150, rf $ : 

 id. 8f Kirby, Rhop.E.rot. i, 1888, Pap. pi. 2, figs. 1 & 2, rf $ ; Moore 

 (Tamera), Lep. Ind, vi, 1903, p. 76, pi. 498, figs. 1, la-lc, <J $. 



Papilio castor mehala, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 358, $ 2 



d . Upperside black, more or less irro rated with yellowish-brown 

 scales that form on the fore wing somewhat indistinct longitudinal 

 cell-lines and internervular streaks. Hind wing : an upper discal 



Fig. 14. a. Papilio castor, tf . 



b. Venation of anterior portion of fore wing of P. castor. 



c. P. clytia. 



cream-coloured patch composed of an oval spot in interspace 4, a 

 more elongate mark broadened outwardly in interspace 5, a similar 

 elongate mark in interspace 6, and a much smaller broadly oval 

 spot above it in 7 ; these markings not coalescent but distinctly 

 divided by the black veins. Cilia of fore and hind wings black alter- 

 nated with white. Underside duller, more opaque ; brownish- 

 black apical area of fore and base of hind wing thinly sprinkled 



