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plaga magnitudine mediocri versus angulum externum la?te 

 caerulea strigaque ejusdem coloris ex ejus apice ad marginem 

 alarum extensa ; lunulis trihus sanguineis maculaque ocellari 

 (medio nigro) et linea transversa sanguineis ad angulum ani, 

 ilia striga curvata viridi-atomosa coronata ; alis subtiis fere ut 

 in P. Paride coloratis. Expans. alar. unc. 5. 

 Hab. Himalayan Mountains. Mus. Parry, &c. 



Papilio Canopus, W. Alis latis ; posticis sinuatis et breviter cau- 

 datis, omnibus supra fuscis, anticis fascia e maculis 9 albidis 

 submarginalibus punctisque marginalibus, posticis fascia pone 

 medium e maculis 7 sinubusque marginalibus albidis, lunula 

 caerulea (interdum puncto fulvo adjecto) ad angulum ani. Subtikfl 

 alis concoloribus, posticis vero maculis transversis ex atomis 

 caeruleis pone fasciam centralem maculisque vel arcubus pallidis 

 submarginalibus. Expans. alar. unc. 3^ — 4. 

 Hab. Melville Island. Allied to P. Pammon. Mus. Hope. 



Papilio Agamedes, W. Alis anticis subdiaphanis griseo-nigrican- 

 tibus basi obscurioribus, fascia lata alba e margine interno ad 

 medium alae extensa, inde versus costam per medium areae 

 discoidalis extensa punctisque submarginalibus albis ; posticis 

 ecaudatis, fuscis, fascia lata alba, e medio fere ad basin extensa, 

 postice dentata punctisque albis duplici serie ordinatis. Alis 

 posticis subtus pone fasciam pallide fuscis nigro lineatis et albo 

 maculatis ; basi aurantiis nigro bimaculatis. Expans. alar. unc. 3. 

 Hab. Ashantee, tropical Africa. Closely allied to P. Adamaster, 

 Bdv. Mus. Hope. 

 Papilio Trophonius, W. Alis anticis fuscis, fascia parva obliqua 

 media punctisque 7 vel 8 albis plagaque lutea versus marginem 

 internum in masculo, quae in fcemina maculam magnam com- 

 munem fulvam et partem majorem alae posticae occupat, in mare 

 vero lutea et ultra medium alarum posticarum haud extensa ; 

 maculis submarginalibus albis per paria dispositis, alis posticis 

 ecaudatis ; alis subtus apice luteo-fuscis, maculis ut in pagina 

 superiore. Expans. alar. unc. 4J. 

 Hab. Tropical Western Africa. Brit. Mus. and Westw. 

 Papilio Thersander, Fabr. Alis supra fuscis, anticis fascia lata pone 

 medium, antice et postice angulata alba, punctis tribus versus 

 angulum analem, strigaque abbreviate fere ad apicem albis ; 

 posticis caudatis, dimidio externo nigricanti, fascia media ob- 

 liqua, marginibus integris, lunulis duabus punctisque submargi- 

 nalibus albis ; alis subtus pallidioribus fascia posticarum multo 

 angustiori, lunulis punctisque submarginalibus obsoletis. Ex- 

 pans, alar, fere 4 unc. 

 Hab. Gold Coast, Africa. Brit. Mus. and Mus. Bristol Soc. 

 Obs. Deceived by Donovan's figures of P. Thersander (Nat. Rep. 

 iii. pi. 75, which are stated to have been copied from Jones's unpub- 

 lished Iconcs, from which Fabricius described the insect), I had in- 

 troduced it into this Decade as a distinct species ; as it is quite unlike 

 Donovan's figures, which (if not fictitious) seem to represent one of 

 the Nymphalidtt. Having however this day (Feb. 12, 1842) had an 



