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orient. i! ith its smaller dimorphicform raddei, 

 nil in the Alum \ alley. I have »dn 

 i ies from Corea, n hand 



irked with red lunules on the 

 h. \> . , w hich nls curs In ' hina and fapan, 



1\ i iiMmj \ar. xitth i Bri n 



A good waj "i obtaining Papilio alexanor and 



tpiton, i.-. to collect, at the proper season, the 



larvae on their food plants. The larva of the former 



is nol diffii ull ti i find a D of July, 



tnd other umbcllifers. Thosewho 



n paratively easj 



in th« centre ol 



i mid search, 



in June, fennel plants 



I 



and others of the same 



urck-r, for the larva ol 



ospiton. I heard 

 ol several captures in 

 1899 in the above 

 locality. 1 H the Asiatic 

 species i cannot --peak 

 with an thing like 

 personal knowledge, 

 bnt I believe that they 

 are none of them rare 

 in theii respective 

 localities. 

 The European sp 

 "apilio are remark- 

 able for their graceful, 

 sailing (light, but they 

 are capable of flying 

 very strongly and rapid- 

 ly, especially in the 



day sun. T" 1 ap- 

 ture them it is best not 

 to attempt a chase, hut 

 take up a position w here 

 tiny will pass. If mis- 

 sed, they generally soar high into the air, out of reach. 

 They are easiest to lake in the earlier part of the 

 morning, before the sun is in full power, and again in 

 the afternoon. At these times, though they are n it to 

 he seen in their greatest numbers, they fly more slowly. 



1. /'. podaliriuB I.., Lg. U. E. 1, pi. 1.. fig. 1, 

 pi, \. 



-2. nun. 



Light , yellow, l-.w. on. 



blai k. Five blai 



ti 'he in. marg. counting fl 

 mart;. ; the 1st. 3rd. and 5th arc much longer than the 

 other two. All th :p the 5th end in a point, 



and the flame shape thus produced < red foi 



eel it^ I rench name of " L Fl The 



h.w., with long tail. in. and ou. marg. black, ou. 

 marc, with Steel blue lunules. Near an. ang. a 

 hlack spot with a blue centre, about it an 

 patch. Area of wing light yellow with central and 



in. marg. hlack bands. Head, thoi ibdomen, and 



antennae hlack. 



Imago. IV. \ I.. \ 111. 



Larva on Primus, Querais, Amy imutlis 



and A. pessica, Beiieris vulgaris, etc., VI. and IX. 



II \n., Europe ('. and S., \. Africa, W. Asia. 

 Altai., Mill sides up to ah tut 2,co3ft., roads, meadows, 

 gardens, etc. 



ii. var., feisthamelii Dup. , Lg. B.E. pi. I., fig. 2. 



. Inn ground colour paler, margins of 



wings marked with yellow. I lark markings - 



and h.u. more shaded along ou. marg. A distinct 



black crescenl m th orang patch al an. ang. h.w. 



Papilio 





Men. 



III.. \ III. 11m:.. Spain, Portugal and X. Africa. 

 Oran and Constantine. III. VI. 



h. ah., sanclaeus Zell. — Sometimes larger than 

 type, -. with the abdomen white. An ab. of second 



! I m s. Europe and Caucasus. 



