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3. Romaleosoma Ceres. 



Papilio (N. P.) Geres, Fabricius, "alls dentatis nigris ; anticis 

 fascia alba ; posticis disco caerulescente, puncto atro : habitat in 

 Sierra Leone." $ , P. Medon, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iii. pi. 205. 

 figs. C,D (1781?). 



Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 504. n. 257 (1775) ; Sp. Ins. p. 90. 

 n. 396 (1781) ; Mant, Ins. p, 11. n. 104 (1787); Ent. Syst. 

 iii. p. 82. n. 256 (1793). 



Sierra Leone. (Presented by the Rev. D. E. Morgan) B.M. 



In the National collection we have P. Ceres under five distinct 

 forms, the first P. Ceres being apparently constant to Sierra Leone, 

 the second, fourth, and fifth occurring at Ashanti, the third at Congo ; 

 they may be defined as follows : 



1. P. Ceres. Above and below pale green ; front wings with 

 whitish band. 



2. Above and below golden green, with yellow band. 



3. P. Lucille, Cramer (pi. 156). Above pale green, with white 

 or yellow band ; below purplish brown, with silvery band in both 

 wings. 



4. Above bluish green, with white or yellow band ; below pur- 

 plish brown, with the base orange ; a distinct broad white band and 

 perpendicular medio-costal black spot to hind wings. 



5. P. Themis, Hiibner. Above and below bluish or golden green, 

 with scarlet or peach-colour at the base of the wings ; hind wings 

 below sometimes with and sometimes without white band. 



The above varieties form a gradual transition from the Ceres 

 of Cramer to the Themis of Hiibner, and go a long way towards 

 proving the instability of the red colouring at the bases of the wings 

 in Romaleosoma as a character for the determination of specific 

 distinction. 



4. Romaleosoma Cyparissa. 



rf . Papilio (H.) Cyparissa, Cramer, " alis subintegris nigris disco 

 communi virescente, subtus nigro punctatis, posticis macula baseos 

 rufa : habitat in Sierra Leon Africa?." Pap. Exot. i. pi. 39. figs. D, E 

 (1776). 



c? . Papilio (E. A.) Cato, Fabricius, " alis dentatis nigris, disco 

 communi virescente ; subtus nigro punctatis, posticis macula baseos 

 rufa." 



Fabricius, Sp. Ins. p. 33. n. 137 (1781); Mant. Ins. p. 12. 

 n. 105 (1787); Ent. Syst. iii. p. 83. n. 258 (1793). 



Sierra Leone. (Presented by the Rev. D. E. Morgan) B.M. 



The P. Oausape of Butler (P. Z. S. pp. 670, 671. fig. 5, 1865) 

 represents P. Cyparissa in the Banksian Collection ; it is also figured 

 by Cramer (Pap. Exot. ii. pi. 156. fig. B, 1779) under the same 

 name. 



