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106. Papilio eurypylus axion, Felder. 



Papilio axion, Felder, Verli. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, vol. xiv, p. 305, n. 224, 

 p. 35U, n. 128 (1864) ; Papilio eurypylus axion, Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. ii, p. 433 

 {h) (1895) ; Papilio eurypilus \_sic !], Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond,, 1895, p. 471, 

 n. 102. 



The larva at Balasore near Calcutta has been recorded to feed on 

 Michelia, Natural Order Magnoliaceae^ and Uvaria, Natural Order Ano- 

 nacese. In Calcutta I have bred it on Michelia, Natural Order Magnoliacese, 

 and on Folyalthia^ Natural Order MagnoUacese ; while the local race 

 yasan, Esper, feeds on JJnona and Saccopetalunij Natural Order anonacem 

 in Southern India. 



107. Papilio sarpedon semifasciatds, Honrath. 



Papilio sarpedon, var. semifasciatus , Honrath, Ent. Nach., vol. xiv, p. 161 (1888) ; 

 Papilio sarpedon semifasciatus, Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. ii, p. 443 (b) (1895); 

 Papilio sarpedon, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 471, n. 101. 



Tlie larva of different local races of P. sarpedon feed in Japan 

 Machilus, Natural Order Laurinese ; in the Western Himalayas on th 

 same plant ; and in South India on Cinnamomum, Alseodaphne and 

 Lits^a, all of the same Natural Order. 



108. Papilio agamemnon, Linugeus. 



Papilio agamemnon, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ins., ed. x, vol. i, pt. 2, p. 462, n. 21 

 (1758) ; Westwood, Donovan's Ins., China, new edition, p. 55, pi. xxvi, fig. 2, female 

 (1842); Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. ii, p. 447, n. 198 (1895); Walker, Trans. Ent, 

 Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 471, n. 101. 



The larva of this butterfly in Java and Celebes has been found on 

 Anona, Natural Order A7ionacese ; in the Philippine Isles on Arctacarptis, 

 Unona, and Michelia ; in Sumatra on Anona and Michelia ; and in India 

 on JJnona, Polyalthia, Anona, and Saccopetalum — all Natural Order 



Ano nacese. 



109. Leptocirccs curius, Fabricius. 



Papilio curius, Fabricius, Mant. Ins., vol. ii, p. 9, n. 71 (1787); Leptocircus 

 curius. Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 472, n. 105. 



In October, 1892, on the Daunat Range, Central Tenasserin, Burma, 

 I observed a female of the allied Leptocircus mages, Zinken-Sammer, 

 ovipositing on the underside of the leaves of a creeper with compound 

 leaves, each leaf consisting of three leaflets, the Illigera hurmannica of 

 King, Natural Order Comhretacem. The egg is spherical, smooth, pale 

 green, almost transparent, and of the usual papilionid form. Unfor- 

 tunately I was not able to breed the larva. 



