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subraedian vein also Ijeing white scaled ; upper discal white patch composed of 

 three smaller ^lortions than on the upperside ; anal ocellus and a complete series of 

 submnrginal lunules dai'k red ; an iuner subanal confluent lunnle also present in the 

 lower median interspace ; the anal and subanal lunules being speckled with violet- 

 lilue scales; beyond is a marginal row of more or less defined rcd-and-white scaled 

 lunules. 



Female. Upperside and underside similar to the male, except that the base of 

 the hindwing is paler. 



Body brownish-black; collar, front of head and palpi white-spotted; tegulte 

 white fringed ; legs and antenna? black. 



Expanse, <? 4 to 5J-, 2 5 to 5^ inches. 



Hauitat. — W. and E. Himalayas; Khasias; Buriua ; Tenasseriin ; Malay 

 Peninsula; Siam ; Hong Kong ; S. China; Hainan. 



D[STEiBUTiox. — In the Western Himalaya Mr. P. W. Mackinnon took "a single 

 specimen of the male in the Dehra Dun, in April, this being the most westerly point 

 from which it has been recorded " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 18^8, 592). Mr. W. Doherty 

 obtained it in the " Kali Valley, Divalisera, Kumaon, at 2000 feet elevation ; scarce." 

 Gen. G. Ramsay obtained it in Xepal (J. As. S. Bengal, 188(3, lo7). Mr. H. J. Elwes 

 found it " one of the commonest species of Papilio in Sikkim at all elevations up to 

 5000 or 6000 feet, but most numerous in the low valleys from April to October " 

 (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 429). Mr. de Niceville also records it as " found in Sikkim 

 throughout the summer, commonly at the lower elevations and as high as 6O0O feet " 

 (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 172). Col. C. Swmlioe says it is " apparently a i-are species in 

 the Khasia Hills, two examples from Shillong only, been received " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 

 1893, 312). Mr. J. Wood-Mason obtained fourteen males and three females in the 

 forests around Silcuri, Cachar, from May 7th to August 20th " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 

 1886, 375). Col. C. H. E. Adamson says it is " common in Burma wherever there 

 is forest land" (List, 1897, 47). Capt. E.Y.Watson found it not "uncommon 

 during the dry-season, January to June, in the Chin Hills, Bnrma, up to 4000 feet 

 elevation " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1897, 651). Signor L. Fea obtained it in the Karen 

 Hills, at Bhamo, in October, and at Meteleo in August and September. Dr. N. Manders 

 found it " abundant in the Shan States, but difficult to secure in good condition, as 

 it has a habit of flying in and out of bushes and soon tatters " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 

 536). Mr. 0. Limborg obtained it at Hatseiga, and on the road from Moolai to 

 Moolat, at 4000 feet elevation " (P. Z. S. 1878, 840). " Several males were taken at 

 Ponsekai, Tavoy, and a few in the Hills on the Siam frontier " (J. As. S. Beng. 1886, 

 436). Dr. J. Anderson took it on " Owen Island, Mergui Archipelago, in January " 

 (J. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1886, 51). In Hong Kong, Mr. J. J. Walker, R.N., found it " a 

 very common butterfly, of which stragglers are met with in December and January, 

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