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Hewitson, Gen. D. Lep. i. p. 20 (1846). Gray, Catal. Lep. Btifc. Mus. i. p. 71 (1832). Moore, 



Catal. Lep. Mas. E. I, Company, i. p. 90 (1857); id. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 672 ; id. 



I.e. 1878, pp. 697, 840. Felder, Verb. Z, B. Ges. Wien. 1864, p. 308. Staudinger, Exot. 



Schmett. i. p. 6 (1884). Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 430. Haase, Unters. lib. Mim. 



p. 37 (1893). Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 460 (1895). Fruhstorfer,Berl. Ent.Zeit. 1902, p. 230. 

 Papilio (Paranticopsis) Megarus, Elwes and de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1887, p. 433. 



de Niceville, Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, p. 173. 

 Paranticopsis Megarus, Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1893, p. 315. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside black with bluish-white markings. Forewing with a 

 basal transverse slender macular streak ; within the cell are two small basal spots, 

 two medial outwardly-oblique more or less perfect slender waved streaks — the upper 

 one being generally broken, and then two short small oval longitudinally-superposed 

 spots at the apex ; beyond are two upper-discal transverse series of small spots, of 

 which the third of the inner row and the two upper of the outer row are some- 

 times absent, an elongated streak in the lower median interspace, two very slender 

 streaks in the submedian, and then a slender basally obliquely-broken streak along 

 the posterior margin, followed by a submarginal row of rounded spots. Hindwing 

 with a slender apically-broken cell-streak, a costal basal spot and a more or less 

 defined elongated slender streak, a subcostal elongated slender broken streak, two 

 lower discal series of four small conical spots in pairs, which are more or less 

 outwardly-indented, the two lower of the inner series each preceded by a short 

 slender streak within the basal interspaces ; a slender, elongated streak in the 

 submedian interspace with a small anal spot beyond its end ; followed by a sub- 

 marginal row of curved lunules, the two upper being the broadest; abdominal 

 margin hairy, folded over above, the fold when opened displaying an elongated 

 scent-organ composed of fine silky hairs. Underside pale ochreous-brown. 

 Forewing blackish posteriorly ; with markings as on upperside, the cell streaks and 

 the inner row of upper-discal spots sometimes being more or less obliterated. 

 Hindwing with markings as on upperside, but less prominent ; also with two white 

 basal costal spots. Body black ; front of thorax, collar, and palpi white-spotted ; 

 base of thorax clothed with fine silky grey hairs ; abdomen with a lateral, sub- 

 lateral, and ventral whitish band ; antennae and legs black. 



Female. Similar to the male. Upperside. Forewing duller black, the 

 hindwing brownish-black. Forewing with the cell markings complete and somewhat 

 broader, the upper discal markings also broader. Hindwing with the cell and discal 

 markings slightly narrower than in the male, the submarginal lunules also generally 

 narrower. Underside. Similar to the male. Foreiving with the cell and discal 

 streaks complete. 



Expanse, S 2f to 3, ? 3^ to 31 inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim; Assam; Burma; Shan States ; Tenasserim. 



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