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superficially this species is nearest to P. elephenor, it is probably biologi- 

 cally more closely allied to P. Manor, Cramer, from China and Japan, 

 and its allies, all of which have long tales. 



I possess a single male of this very beautiful and interesting 

 butterfly which I owe to the kindness of Col. Woodfchorpe, R. E., who 

 captured it near the Siamese frontier when with the Anglo-French 

 Boundary Commission. 



Since the above was written I find that this species has been 

 described by M. Armand Janet, who quite correctly points out that it 

 is probably a tailless form of P. (Sarbaria) bianor. It has, however, 

 the sexual cottony streaks far smaller and very inconspicuous instead 

 of large and striking. Major F. B. Longe, R. E., has also very kindly 

 given me a single male of Euploeamima ( Zethera, Janet) noirei, Janet, 

 from the Nam Lim Valley, in the South Shan States, 2,500 feet, also 

 captured by the officers of the above-named boundary commission and 

 described in the same paper as P. doddsi (p. 216). 



22. Papilio (Paranticopsis) polynices, n. sp. 

 Habitat r Sikkim ; Upper Burma (Rothschild). 

 Expanse : cf, 3'4 ; $ , 3*8 inches. 



Description : Male. Does not differ from the same sex of P. indicus 

 Rothschild.* Female. Upperside, forewing differs from that sex of 

 P. indicus in being like its own male ; i.e., in having all the normal 

 hyaline markings present, in the female of P. indicus the submarginal 

 series of nine rounded spots only are present, the rest of the wing 

 being fuliginous. Hindwing has the hyaline markings rather broader 

 than in P. indicus. Underside, forewing as on the upperside. Hindwing 

 as on the upperside has the castaneous-fuscous ground-colour less exten- 

 sive, the hyaline markings therefore being broader. 



This species (or subspecies according to Mr. Rothschild's views) is 

 based on the female sex, which I have from Sikkim only, Mr. Rothschild 

 records a female from Upper Burma received from Mr. H. Fruhstorfer ; 

 this locality requires confirmation I think before it is finally accepted. 

 Of P. indicus I have females from the Khasi Hills only, but none from 

 Burma, where the males are common. 



23. Papilio (Paranticopsis) phrontis, n. sp. 

 Habitat : Sikkim ; Bhutan. 



Expanse : cT, 2*8 to 4*2 ; 9 , 4 # 5 to 46 inches. 



Description : Male. Does not differ from the same sex of 

 P. xenocles, Doubleday. Female. Upperside, forewing differs from the 

 same sex of P. xenocles in being like its own male ; i.e., in having all 



* P. macareus indicus, Rothschild, Nov. Zool., vol. ii, p. 457 (1895); vol. iii, p. 68, 

 n. 202 (6) (1896). 



