104 



PAP1LIONIDJE. 



552. Papilio aristeus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv, 1782, p. GO, pi. 318, 

 figs. E, F. 



Race hermocrates. 



Papilio hermocrates, Felder, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wieti, xiv, 1864, p. 302 : 

 id. Heine Nov., Lep. i, p. 57, pi. 12, figs. E, F ; Elwes $ de N. 

 J. A. S. B. 1886, p. 437. 



Papilio aristeus hermocrates, Rothschild. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, 

 p. 420. 



Race anticipates. 



Papilio anticipates, Doubleday, A. M. N. H. xviii, 1846, p. 371 ; 



Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 115; Elwes. Tram. 



Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 434; Moore (Pathysa), Lep. 2nd. vi, 1903, 



p. 24, pi. 470, figs. 1, 1 a-1 c, J $ . 

 Papilio aristeus anticrates, Rothsch. Nov. Zool. ii, 1895, p. 419. 



Race hermocrates, Felder. Very closely resembles P. nomius, 

 from which it differs as follows : J $ . Upperside : the black 

 markings very much broader, slightly broader even than in swinlioei, 

 the eastern form of P. nomius. Pore wing : the transverse short 

 black band that crosses the cell before the apex (i. e. 4th band) 

 narrowed posteriorly and terminated as in nomius on the median 

 vein ; the black terminal band very broad, covers more than the 

 outer third of the wing, coalesces with the black band on the disco- 

 cellulars, and encloses the short macular bar of ground-colour 

 beyond the cell ; the subterminal band of spots of the ground- 

 colour that traverse the black margin linear, not rounded. Hind 

 wing similar to the hind wing in nomius race swinhoei, but the 

 grey subcaudal patch as in typical nomius. Underside : similar to 

 the underside in nomius, with the 

 differences in the width of the 

 markings as seen on the upperside, 

 and in the shape of the subterminal 

 line of spots on the fore wing; the 

 precostal spur is as in nomius and 

 not as in swinhoei. 



Exp. <$ $ 74-84 mm. (2-93- 

 3-28"). 



Hob. Within our limits recorded 

 from. Burma and Southern Tenas- 

 serim. Described originally from 

 the Philippines ; occurs throughout 

 the Malayan Subregion. 



Race anticrates, Doubleday. 

 3 $ . This race of aristeus more 

 closely resembles nomius than does 

 hermocrates. From nomius, however, 

 Fig. 25. Papilio aristeus, it can be distinguished as follows :- 

 race anticrates. Upperside : ground - colour whiter 



with the very faintest tinge of 

 green in fresh specimens. Fore wing : subbasal transverse black 



