86 PAPlLIONJDvE. . 



centred ocelli by the addition of an adtnarginal portion of the red 

 ring. Cilia conspicuously white in the interspaces. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen black, the latter three sprinkled with 

 green scales above. $ . Similar, somewhat paler and duller. 

 Upperside : fore wing with the green postdiscal band shorter and 

 still more incomplete. Hind wing with the upper discal patch 

 smaller, often green and not blue, the red subtermiual lunule in 

 interspace 7 always present and more prominent than in the c? . 

 Underside : similar to that in the J , but the tornal and subtornal 

 markings generally formed into more or less complete ocelli. 



Exp. 6 $ 106-132 mm. (4-18-5-2"). 



Hab. The Himalayas from Kuinaon to Sikhim, Nepal and 

 Bhutan ; the hills of Assam, Burma and Tenasserim, extending to 

 China, Siam and the Malay Peninsula. A common insect in 

 Sikhim, where it is found from the Terai up to 5000 feet. It is 

 rare in Burma and Tenasserim, where I have taken it in the 

 Thaungyiu and Ataran Valleys from May to October, but it has 

 been recorded from various places from Bbamo to Tavoy. 



Race tamilana. Moore. Very closely resembles the typical 

 form, but on the upperside the upper discal patch on the hind 

 wing is of a paler more metallic blue and very considerably larger, 

 it extends from interspace 3 well into interspace 7, from the apex 

 of the cell into interspaces 3, 4, and 5, and from the middle of 

 interspace 6 much further towards the termen than iu paris. 

 Underside similar to that of the typical form, but the transverse 

 postdiscal pale band on the fore wing is conspicuously narrower 

 and curved inwards towards the costa. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen as in paris. 



Exp. <* $ 116-134 mm. (4-58-5-28"). 



Hab. Southern India : Kanara, Nilgiris, Travancore. 



Mr. Bell " observed the female laying eggs on Erodia rox- 

 buryhiana." 



540. Papilio krishna, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 108, 

 pi. 2, fig. 6 3 ; Ehces, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 427 ; Ilothscli. 

 Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 384; Moore (Achillides), Lep. Ind. vi, 

 1903, p. 63 pi. 490, fig. 2 <?. 



c? $ . Eesembles P. paris generally, but differs in many points 

 as follows : Upperside : ground-colour more of a brownish black, 

 irrorated similarly to paris with green scales, but the scales 

 smaller and more sparsely spread. Fore wing : the postdiscal 

 transverse band well-defined, complete, formed of white scaling 

 with only a thin sprinkling of green scales on its inner margin, 

 generally erect or slightly curved, rarely slightly sinuous. Hind 

 wing : upper discal patch metallic greenish blue, .smaller than in 

 paris, but the portions of it in interspaces 6 and 7 more extended 

 towards the termen, the metallic golden-green baud that joins the 

 patch on its inner side to the dorsal margin more conspicuous 

 than in paris; the tornal ocellus as in paris, but above it a sub- 



