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34 males were also captured. Twelve hector were taken and, on another 

 day, one arislolochice. (1915, xcii-xciv.) 



Singapore Island. In 1916 Dr. R. Hanitscli collected 27 males, 

 8 of the cyriis female and 9 of the polytes female together with 5 of the 

 models of the latter. (1916, Ixxvi-lxxviii.) Later in the same year he 

 collected 34 males, 5 cyriis and 9 polytes (1917, xxx-xxxiv.) 



The mainland (Johore) opposite Singapore Island. Dr. R. Hanitsch 

 received from his collector 12 males, 3 polytes female and 1 cyriis female 

 (March 1917), and a second example of the cyrKS female (July 1917) 

 together with 3 jnales taken on the same day and 8 males somewhat 

 earlier. (1917, xxx-xxxi, Ixxxiii-lxxxiv.) 



These results from Singapore and mainland are very different from 

 those recorded by Dr. Seitz who only remembers the polytes female 

 in this locality. (1913, p. xxxii.) 



The Hongkong and Macao Districts. The male-like female cyrus 

 is, on the evidence of most naturalists, much the commonest form of the 

 mimetic forms ; romuliis is unknown and the polytes female rare, as is 

 its model, arislolochice. Of 10 examples from Stonecutter's Island in 

 Hongkong Harbour 4 were males and 6 cyrus females. (1913, xxxi- 

 xxxiii.) 



I think it will be agreed that the results summarized above are suffi- 

 cient to show how important it is to obtain evidence on a more extensive 

 scale, and especially to carry out, in as many localities as possible, Mr. 

 Fryer's method of breeding from indiscriminately collected larvae. 



I suppose that you all know that Papilio polytes is remarkable in m,, Fletcher^ 

 having three forms of female, all different from one another. There is 

 firstly the form cyrus, which is lilie the male, secondly the form polytes 

 which resembles Papilio aristolochice, and thirdly the form romulus, 

 which mimicks the female of Papilio hector. I have here specimens 

 [exhibited] of these forms of females and of the two other Papilios, P. 

 aristolochice and P. hector, which they mimick. 



We at Pusa have tried some breeding experiments with Papilio 

 polytes and I have here [exhibited] specimens of two generations reared 

 from a captured female. As you will see, the females reared in this lot 

 belong to the forms cyrus and jmlytes. We have not bred any romuliis 

 here as yet, although romulus does occur rarely at Pusa. In this connec- 

 tion I may note that Papilio hector, the model for the romulus form, 

 does not occur at Pusa ; I have seen it from Nagpur, where it is rare, 

 but from nowhere north of that. 



It will be of considerable scientific interest if any of you can assist 

 by rearing Papilio polytes in numbers from known parents and 



