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1885, 51). Mr. H. J. Elwes records "a single specimen of the female taken in 

 Sikkim in 1887, by Mr. 0. Moiler's collectors — probably a straggler from the 

 Plains " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 430). Mr. E. Blyth, writing from Paphoon, on the 

 Yunzalin River, a tributary to the Salween, Burma, says, " I twice saw this fine 

 butterfly {Polymiipstur), which I had hitherto only seen from Lower Bengal" 

 (J. As. Soc. Beng. 18G1, 392). 



ILIADE3 PARINDA (Plate 453, fig. 1, larva md pupa, la, <} , lb, c, ? ). 



//j'arfes ParincZa, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 148, pi. GO, fig. 1, cJ, la, ?, lb, c, larva and jJMjja 



(1881). 

 Papilio Polijninedor Parinda, RotliscliiKl, Nov. Zoul. ii. p. 330 (1895). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside similar to /. rolijmnestor. Foreiving with the pale 

 bluish-grey band somewhat broader postei-iorly. Hiadwlng with the pale bluish-grey 

 outer area usually extending from across middle of the cell. Underside similar to 

 Poh/mnestor. Foreir'vng with the outer vein-streaks more distinctly ochreous 

 anteriorly. Hiudwing with the outer discal area more distinctly ochreous. 



Female. Upperside. Forewiiuj fuliginous-black ; with the cell and outer vein 

 streaks pale greyish-ochreous, the latter palest or ochreous-white hindward, being 

 longer and broader than in same sex of FolymncAtor, those from the middle median 

 upward are united at their base, and extend inward to the cell ; basal cell patch 

 crimson. IJiiidiriiKj similar to the male, except that the outer area is paler, and 

 inwardly more or less tinged or clouded with pale ochreous. Underside. Basal 

 patches dark crimson. Forctring with the cell-streaks and the vein-streaks pale 

 greyish-ochreous, the latter longer and extend inward to the cell from the lower 

 median. Ui,iulu-ing with the outer area, from within apex of the cell, more uniformly 

 tinted with pale ochreous than on the upperside. 



Expanse, 5|- to 6 inches. 



Lakva. — Smooth, glossy-green ; with a whitish lateral lower band from sixth to 

 anal segment, a broad similar coloured band obliquely ascending the eighth and 

 ninth, and a similar band on the tenth segment; anterior shield edged with white, 

 its posterior dorsal end bordered by a transverse blackish-marked crest, a similar 

 crest also across the fourth segment ending on each side in a large ocellated spot, 

 Peeds on Citrus decumana. 



Pdpa. — Green or olive-bi'own. 



DiSTEincTiON AND Haiiits. — "An abundant species in the low country and lower 

 hill districts in Ceylon. The females are much rarer than the males. It is a very 

 conspicuous insect on the wing. The laiwa feeds on Rutacea3, especially on the 

 plants of the genus Citrus " (Dr. N. Manders, J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 222). Mr. 



