33 2 A- E. W1LEMAN. 



Papilio thnnbeigii, Sicbold, Hist. Nat. Jap. p. 16, (182^). 

 Collection numbers 104, 104 a, 107. 



I04=maie niemnon, Linn, two specimens ; Kanshirei, April; Tainan, July. 

 104 a = near form agenor, Linn; two specimens; Kanshirei, April; 

 Tainan, July. 



I07 = near form phoenix. Distant; Kanshirei, April; Tainan, June, 

 July ; three specimens. 



Wallace, Moore and Miyake record meninoli from Formosa under 

 the form of androgens ( = a/idrogeos). The male specimens of meninoli 

 (104) do not agree exactly with Kershaw's figure (f. 9) as regards the mark- 

 ings at anal angle of underside of hindwing. The specimen taken in April 

 moreover has the forewings much sharper, the outer margin being straight 

 and not incurved below apex as is the case in the specimen taken in July. 

 It also has the red basal patch at base of forewing which is absent in the 

 July specimen. The female specimens near agenor do not agree exactly 

 with Kershaw's figure (f. 6.) but agree much better with the figure given by 

 Pryer in "Rhopalocera Nihonica", pl. ii, f. r £ . Of this Leech remarks, " In 

 the Loochoo Islands where this species " {imitinovi) " appears to be com- 

 mon, there is a large pale form of the female closely approaching agenor ; 

 this form is figured by Pryer who was apparently not acquainted with 

 the true Japanese female." The specimens near agenor differ from 

 Kershaw's figure and resemble Pryer's figure in having the white median 

 interspaces of the hindwing much larger. This however is not unusual 

 as Kershaw observes that " there is much variation in the extent of white, 

 or pale ochreous, in the median interspaces of the hindwing," (of agenor), 

 " some individuals having much more white, others much less than the 

 specimen figured." From this it appears that the tailless form o{ niemnon, 

 viz, agenor, is very variable. Meninoli is, as Kershaw observes, remark- 

 able for the male possessing two very distinct forms of female, one with a 

 tailed hind wing (phoenix) and the other with a tailless hind wing (agenor). 

 Two of the specimens near form phoenix taken in June and July differ 

 from Kershaw's figure in having a white spot between the first and second 

 subcostal nervules, making six white spots in the median discal series 



