PAPILIO. 107 



the upper portion of this band white, the lower pale green ; this is 

 followed by a sinuous subterminal series of small pale green spots 

 as on the fore wing. Underside: brownish-fulvous black; markings 

 similar, larger, their edges diffuse and all of a silvery white, slightly 

 tinted with pale green. Hind wing in addition has a white basal 

 streak that extends halfway down the dorsal margin ; another 

 shorter white subbasal streak from costa to the subcostal vein 

 coalescent with the white of the discal band in the cell, the streak 

 of ground-colour that lies between this subbasal and the discal 

 band jet-black, interrupted where it crosses vein 8 by a crimson 

 spot ; finally, quadrate black spots near apex of cell and at bases 

 of interspaces 1, 2 and 3, all outwardly margined with crimson. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black ; beneath : the palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen touched with white, the abdomen with dingy 

 white lateral lines. <5 . Abdominal fold within grey, with a 

 fringe of white hairs. 



Exp. c? ? 76-90 mm. (3-02-3-56"). 



Hab. Southern India ; Ceylon. 



Larva. " Very like that of P. agamemnon, but the second pair 

 of spines is entirely wanting and the third pair, Avhich in ayamem- 

 non is rather long, curved and sharp, is reduced in this species to 

 mere knobs encircled with a black ring. The colour is generally 

 black or smoky until the last moult and then dull green, inclining to 

 rusty brown on the sides, but some of our specimens remained 

 quite black to the end." {Davidson fy Aitken.) 



Papa. " The distinguishing mark of the pupa is again in the 

 frontal horn, which is straight as in ayamemnon, but directed 

 forward instead of being almost erect. Its colour is normally 

 green, but varies with that of the object to which it is attached." 

 {Davidson 6f Aitken.) 



liace axion, Felder. J $ Can be distinguished from P. eury- 

 pylus race jason as follows: The markings that compose the 

 discal band very much broader; all the spots and markings of pale 

 green and white conspicuously larger, especially in the spring 

 broods (acheron, Moore). Underside of hind wing: crimson spots 

 mere conspicuous, a line of crimson along the posterior portion of 

 the dorsal margin ; in most specimens the short subbasal narrow 

 band of white that runs from the costa to the subcostal vein does 

 not coalesce with the white of the discal baud where it crosses 

 the cell. 



Exp. <$ $ 78-102 mm. (3-10-4"). 



Hab. The Himalayas under 5000 ft. from Kumaon to Sikhim 

 and Bhutan ; Eastern Bengal ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; 

 the Andamans ; extending southwards into the Malayan Subregton 

 as far as Borneo and Java, and eastwards to Siam and China. 



Larva and pupa. Very similar to those of the race jason, but the 

 former, as figured by Moore, has a red lateral spot on the 3rd 

 segment. 



