Nov., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 29! 



A New Papilio from the Orient. 

 By George A. Ehrmann, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Papilio tahmonrath spec. nova. 



ilAr/,?.— Allied to Pap. agestor Gray. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax 

 are the same as in P. agestor. Abdomen is darker and has broader, 

 grayish rings than are met with in P. agestor. Forewings. — The upper- 

 side have the same markings that are met with in P. agestor, except that 

 the gray is more suflfused with blackish scales, and that the discoidal eel* 

 has four unequal bluish ashen gray bars, whilst in P. agestor this cell is 

 unbroken and is filled in its entirety. Hindwings on the upperside : the 

 ground color is of a deep velvety black, whereas in both sexes of P. ages- 

 tor, it is reddish fulvus. The discoidal in this member, too, is decorated 

 with four unequal bars, similar to that of the forewings, and which is not 

 the case in P. agestor. The sub-marginal row of lunated spots is almost 

 wanting, the two nearest the apex, are the most prominent. There is 

 also a large reddish triangular patch on the anal angle, extending upward 

 to the discoidal cell. This patch is toothed toward the abdominal mar- 

 gin, but well defined inwardly. The abdominal margin is black. Fore- 

 wings on the underside ; the markings are all the same as above, but a 

 little lighter in color ; on this side of the forewings in P. agestor the apex 

 is a pale brown. In Pap. tamourath, this is wanting, and the colors are 

 uniform throughout. Hindwings on the underside ; the ground color is 

 pale reddish fulvous, with the grayish markings as above, but much 

 lighter. There are no dark brown markings between the nervules 2, 3 

 and 4, which are found in both sexes of P. agestor Gray. 



Exp. 3;^ inc. 



Type. — Coll. Ehrniaiin. 



Hab.—S. China. 



Note. — D'Herbelot tells us that there is a Persian story, 

 that Tahmourath was the first to cultivate rice and to nourish 

 silk worms, and as China is the land of rice and silk, the 

 wTiter gladly dedicates this beautiful creature to Tahmou- 

 rath' s honor. This .s])ecies will form the fourth member of 

 the sub-genus Cadu^oidcs. Viz.: agestor Gray, tahmonrath 

 Ehr. , govindra Moore and cpyeides Hew. 



Prof. H. F. Wickham of the University of Iowa has returned from a 

 collecting trip to the Owens Valley region and adjacent mountains in 

 California. He did some work in regions never before investigated ento- 

 niologically and also worked over some of the ground that had been in- 

 vtstigated by Dr. Horn years ?go. The trip was (juite successful. 



