38 Mr. Westwood on new Insects. 



plaga magnitudine mediocri versus angulum externum Isete 

 ceerulea strigaque ejusdem coloris ex ejus apice ad marginem 

 alarum extensa ; lunulis tribus sanguineis maculaque ocellari 

 (medio nigro) et linea transversa sanguineis ad angulum ani, 

 ilia striga curvata A'iridi-atomosa coronata ; alls subtus fere ut 

 in P. Pff?-i(/ecoloratis. Expans. alar. unc. 5. 

 Hab. Himalayan Mountains. Mus. Parry, &c. 



Papilio Canopits, W. Alis latis ; posticis sinuatis et breviter cau- 

 datis, omnibus supra fuscis, anticis fascia e macuiis 9 albidis 

 submarginalibus punctisque marginalibus, posticis fascia pone 

 medium e macuiis 7 sinubusque marginalibus albidis, lunula 

 cserulea (interdum puncto fulvo adjecto) ad angulum ani. Subtvis 

 alis concoloribus, posticis vero macuiis transversis ex atomis 

 cseruleis pone fasciam centralem maculisque vel arcubus pallidis 

 submarginalibus. Expans. alar. unc. 3^ — 4. 

 Hab. Melville Island. Allied to P. Pammon. Mus. Hope. 



Papilio Agamedes, W. Alis anticis subdiaphanis griseo-nigrican- 

 tibus basi obscurioribus, fascia lata alba e margine interno ad 

 medium alee extensa, inde versus costam per medium arese 

 discoidalis extensa punctisqvie submarginalibus albis ; posticis 

 ecaudatis, fuscis, fascia lata alba, e medio fere ad basin extensa, 

 postice dentata punctisque albis duplici serie ordinatis. Alis 

 posticis subtiis pone fasciam pallide fuscis nigro lineatis et albo 

 maculatis ; basi aurantiis nigro bimaculatis. Expans. alar. unc. 3. 

 Hab. Ashantee, tropical Africa. Closely allied to P. Adamaster, 

 Bdv. Mus. Hope. 

 Papilio Trophonius, W. Alis anticis fuscis, fascia parva obliqua 

 media punctisque 7 vel 8 albis plagaque lutea versus marginem 

 internum in masculo, quse in fcemina maculam magnam com- 

 munem fulvam et partem majorem alse posticae occupat, in mare 

 vero lutea et ultra medium alarum posticarum baud extensa ; 

 macuiis submarginalibus albis per paria dispositis, alis posticis 

 ecaudatis ; alis subtiis apice luteo-fuscis, macuiis ut in pagina 

 superiore. Expans. alar. unc. 4^. 

 Hab. Tropical Western Africa. Brit. Mus. and Westw. 

 Papilio Thersander, Fabr. Alis supra fuscis, anticis fascia lata pone 

 medium, antice et postice angulata alba, punctis tribus versus 

 angulum analem, strigaque abbreviata fere ad apicem albis ; 

 posticis caudatis, dimidio externo nigi'icanti, fascia media ob- 

 liqua, marginibus integris, iunulis duabus punctisque submargi- 

 nalibus albis ; alis subttis pallidioribus fascia posticarum multo 

 angustiori, lunulis punctisque submarginalibus obsoletis. Ex- 

 pans, alar, fere 4 unc. 

 Hab. Gold Coast, Africa. Brit. Mus. and Mus. Bristol Soc. 

 Obs. Deceived by Donovan's figures of P. Thersander (Nat. Rep. 

 iii. pi. 75, vi^hich are stated to have been copied from Jones's unpub- 

 lished Icones, from which Fabricius described the insect), I had in- 

 troduced it into this Decade as a distinct species ; as it is quite unlike 

 Donovan's figures, which (if not fictitious) seem to repjresent one of 

 the Nijmpludid(e. Having however this day (Feb. 12, 1S42) had an 



