PAPILTONIN^. 105 



(1879). Elwe?, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 432, $ ? • Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 361 



(1895). 

 Cadugoides Epycides, Swinhoe, Tians. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1893, p. 315. 

 Papilio {Menamopsis) Epycides, de Niccville, Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, p. 173. 

 Papilio Eprycides, subsp. Curiatus, Fruhstorfer, Deuts. Ent. Zeit. 1901, p. 349. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside pale black. Foreioing witli a sullied greyisli-white 

 basal costal streak, longitudinal cell-streaks, lower discal elongated streaks, and an 

 outer-discal curved row of spots, of whicli latter tlie upper one is placed in tlie 

 basal interspace of the third and fourth subcostal branches, the lower spots being 

 rounded and the upper oval; faint slender streaks are also generally present in the 

 apical interspaces. Hind wing with either a pale olivescent- white or pale ochreous- 

 white elongated costal and submedian streak, cell-streaks, inner-discal short streaks 

 and an outer-discal contiguous, or sometimes coalescent, curved row of round spots, 

 followed by a submarginal row of smaller spots, the anal largest and bright oohreous, 

 the latter series sometimes being minute and feebly developed. Underside. Fore- 

 wing much paler black basally, the apical area being pale brownish-ochreous, the 

 greyish-white markings as on upperside but less sharply defined. Einchoing either 

 pale brownish-ochreous or pale ochreous, the markings complete, as on upperside, 

 but less sharply defined, or sometimes more or less obsolescent. Body dark black ; 

 thorax, collar, and frontal tuft, white-spotted ; abdomen with two lateral and a 

 ventral row of small white spots; antennge and legs black, 



Female. Similar to the male, but with somewhat broader wings, and all the 

 markings comparatively larger. 



Expanse, <S 2i-o to 3, ? 3 inches. 



Habitat. — Nepal ; Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam ; Uioper Burma. 



DiSTEiBDTioN AND Habits. — We posssss males from Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhotan. 

 Mr. H. J. Elwes records it as " occurring, in Sikkim, not uncommonly in some 

 seasons at 2,000 to 3,000 feet elevation, in April and May. Mr. Otto Moller says it 

 frequents the sandy beds of streams, and to be single-brooded " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 

 432). Mr. L. de Niceville says it is "single-brooded, occurring in Sikkim in April 

 and May, at low elevations, especially at Sivoke. It appears to be very local, but is 

 not rare where found in river-beds at 1,000 feet elevation. It occurs also in Bhotan, 

 the Khasia Hills, and Upper Burma" (Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 173). Mr. H. Fruhstorfer 

 records his curiatus from the " Ruby Mines, Upper Burma " (D. Ent. Zeit. 1901, 349). 



Allied Species. — Cadugoides restrictus (Papilio Agestor var. restricta. Leech, 

 Butt, of China, p. 557, pi. 35, fig. 5, ? (1893). Eothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 361 

 (1895). Habitat. "W. China. — Cadtigoides Horatius (Pap. Horatius, Blanchard, 

 Compt. Rend, 1871, p. 809. Pap. Epycides var. Horatius, Leech, I.e. p. 555 (1893). 

 Rothschild, I.e. p. 362 (1895). Habitat. W. China. 



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