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Antennae black ; head, thorax and abdomen velvety brown, the 

 head and anterior portion of thorax and the thorax and 

 abdomen beneath sparsely spotted with white. $ , Upperside, fore 

 wing : basal half dull brown, apical half brown shot with brilliant 

 blue ; markings as in the & , but larger and whiter, the spots in 

 the postdiscal series more elongate. Hind wing brown, a series 

 of comparatively broad whitish streaks in the cell and in all the 

 interspaces, those in the latter end in a postdiscal series of whitish 

 spots ; beyond these a prominent subterminal series of whitish 

 spots. Cilia brown, white in the middle of the interspaces. 

 Underside : pale dull brown markings much as on the upperside, 

 but larger, more diffuse, with the addition on the fore wing of 

 whitish streaks in the cell and in the interspaces posteriorly. 

 Antennae black ; head, thorax and abdomen blackish brown, more 

 fully spotted with white than in the rf . 



The second and rarer form of the $ closely resembles the c? , 

 but is larger and paler, with the pale blue-glossed spots on the 

 upperside of the fore wing elongate and more prominent and the 

 ground-colour lighter than in the c? . 



Exp. d 1 $ 120-150 mm. (4-74-5-92"). 



Hab. Assam ; Burma : Tenasserim, extending to Siam. 



534. Papilio caimus, Westwood, Cab. Or. Ent. 1848, p. 20, pi. 9, 

 figs. 2,2*, cf. 



Race danisepa. 



Papilio danisepa, Sutler, A. M. N. H. (5) xvi, 1885, p. 343 ; de 

 Nictville, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Sov. ix, 1895, p. 366, pi. Q, fig. 48 ; 

 Moore (Euplceopsis), Lep. Ind. vi, 1903, p. 98, pi. 512, figs. 1, 



la-le, c??- 

 Papilio caunus danisepa, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 377. 



Eace danisepa, Butler. <S . Upperside rich velvety brown 

 shot with blue. Fore wing : apical third of cell, four short 

 streaks beyond in interspaces 4, 5, 6 and 9 and a subterminal 

 series of spots curved inwards opposite the apex, bluish white. 

 Hind wing : the cell, a series of streaks from the bases of inter- 

 spaces 1 to 7 and an incomplete subtermiual series of minute 

 spots, white ; the streaks in interspaces 4 and 5 short, those in 

 the interspaces above and below gradually longer. Underside 

 brown, without the blue gloss ; markings as on the upperside, bub 

 the subterminal markings on the hind wing complete. Antenn, 

 head, thorax and abdomen black ; beneath, the thorax and abdo- 

 men with a few white spots. $ . Besembles the d , but the blue 

 gloss on both fore and hind wing is more restricted, the ground- 

 colour paler brown, somewhat of a rich golden-bronze, and the 

 white markings are fuller and broader. 



Exp. c? $ 110-132 mm. (4-34-5-2"). 



Hab. The hills of Assam ; Arrakan ; Upper and Lower Burma ; 

 Tenasserim, extending to Siam. 



I first came across this magnificent butterfly on the Tannjah 

 Pass, 1000 feet, over the Dawnat Mountains in Tenasserim, and 



