PAPILIONIN^. 79 



TAMERA DRAVIDARTJM (Plate 500, fig. 1, la, S, lb, c, ?). 



Papilio Bravidarum, Wood-Mason, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1880, p. 144, c? ?. p'- 8, fig. 1, S- 



Ktth.xhild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 359 (1895). 

 Papilio Pollux, var. Draoidarum, Westvvood, Pro;. ZjoI. Soj. Lend. 1881, p. 482, pi. 45, fig. 1 ^ , 



fig. 2, ? . 

 Papilio (CMlasa) Bravidarum, Hampson, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 363. Ferguson, Journ. 



Bombay Nat. Hi^t. Soc. 1891, p. 446. 

 Papilio Ahrisa Kirby, Proc. Eoy. Dublin Soc. 1880, p. 338. Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay 



Nat. Hist. Soc. 1896, p. 583. de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, lUOO, p. 259. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside rich dark oclireous-brown. i^orei(;t»f7 dai'kestbasallj^ 

 cell-streaks and outer area irrorated witli minute ferruginous scales ; a very small 

 white spot at lower end of the cell, a snbmarginal transverse excurved row of nine 

 prominent creamy-white short conically-dentate spots, and a marginal row of small 

 dentate cilial spots. Hindwing with the cell and outer area irrorated with ferru- 

 ginous scales, those towards the apex gradually changing to grey; a discal transverse 

 row of seven creamy-white broad short lanceolate spots, Avhich are more or less 

 slightly irrorated with brown scales, these spots generally decreasing in size 

 posteriorly ; beyond is a submarginal row of large narrow dentate lunules, the upper 

 one largest and conical, and the anal one straight ; cilial lunules white, narrow. 

 Underside paler. Forewing Avith a prominent white apical cell-spot, submarginal 

 conically-dentate spots, and small marginal spots. Hincltviiig with discal unsullied 

 Avhite lanceolate spots, submarginal wider dentate lunules, and narrow marginal 

 cilial lunules. Body dark brown ; front of thorax, collar, and head black, spotted 

 with white ; abdomen with a lateral, sublateral, and ventral row of white spots ; 

 antennae and legs black ; femora white beneath. 



Female. Upperside somewhat paler than the male. Foreioing with a prominent 

 small white cell-spot, larger submarginal spots and marginal cilial spots. Hindwing 

 with similar discal I'ow of somewhat larger brown-speckled white lanceolate spots, 

 submarginal dentate lunules and marginal slender cilial lunules. Underside paler. 

 Forewing with prominent white large cell-spot, larger dentate submarginal spots, 

 and marginal cilial spots. Hindiving with large white discal lanceolate spots, sub- 

 marginal lunules, and slender cilial lunules. 



Expanse, c? 4 to 4^, S 4|- inches. 



Habitat. — South India. 



Life History. — " Egg. — Spherical, slightly roughened on the surface, coarsely 

 covered with a red-brown pigment in blotches, thickly on the top, more thinly at the 

 bottom ; surface shiny." 



Larva. — " Head and shape of body as in the group containing Belenus 

 Polymnestor, and Fammon. Last segment has two sharp, hard, longish, subdorsal, 



