1900.] L. do Nicaville —Butterflies of the Kanara District. 257 



The generic name Ornithoptera, under which this species is given 

 in the Kanara papers, is a synonym of Troides. 



171. Papilio hector, Linnaeus. 

 Aristolochia indica, Linn. (Aristolochiacex) . 



172. Papilto aristolochia, Fabricius. 

 AristolocMa bracteata, Retz. ( Aristolochiacese) . 

 Aristolochia indica, Linn. (Aristolochiacese) . 



The food-plant of this butterfly, Aristolochia , Linnaeus, must appa- 

 rently have been known to Fabricius in Europe in 1775, more than a 

 century and a quarter ago, when he described the insect, and probably 

 named it after the pabulum of the larva. 



173. Papilio agamemnon, Linnaeus. 

 Unona discolor, Vahl (Anonacese). 



Polyalthia longifolia, Benth. and H. f.* (Anonacese). 



Anona squamosa, Linn. (Anonacese), 



Anona reticulata, Linn. (Anonacese). 



Saecopetalum tomentosum, Hook. f. and T. (Anonacese). 



174. Paimlio sarpedon teredon, Felder. 

 Ginnamomum zeylanicum, Breyn (Laurinese). 

 Alseodaphne semecarpifolia, Nees (Laurinese). 

 Litssea sebifera, Pers. (Laurinese). 



An aberration of this species has been described by Colonel Swinhoe 

 from Matheran in South India as a distinct species under the name of 

 Delchina [sic] thermodusa. It has the anterior blue spot of the median 

 band of the forewing absent. This aberration is found also in Ceylon. 



175. Papilio eurypylus jason, Esper. 

 Unona Lawii, Hook. f. and T. (Anonacese). 

 Saecopetalum tomentosum, Hook, f . and T. (Anonacese). 



In the first Kanara paper, p. 364, this species appears under the 

 name Papilio doson, Felder, and in the second, p. 578, as Papilio telephus, 

 Felder, these two species being given by the Hon. Walter Rothschild 

 in Nov. Zool., vol. ii, p. 432 (1895) as synonyms of Papilio eurypylus 

 jason, Esper. 



176. Papilio nomius, Esper. 



Saecopetalum tomentosum, Hook. f. and T. (Anonacese). 



* In the first Kanara paper, p« 363, this plant is given nnder its synonymic; 

 name Gualteria [recte Guatteria] longifolia, Wall. 



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