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PAPILIONID^. 



so large as certain individuals from Kiukiang, Central China, which I sent 

 to him. 



Oberthiir (Etud. d'Ent. v. p. II) mentions both forms from the Isle of 

 Askold, and states that the specimens of xwtlmlus from that island are similar 

 to those obtained by M. I'Abbe David in China. 



Distribution. Amurland, Japan, Corea, China. 



Papilio machaon. (Plate XXXV. fig. 2, var.) 

 Papilio machaon, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 750 (1767) ; Lang, Butt. Eur. p. 7, pi. i. 



fig. 4 (1884) ; Pryer, Rbop. Nihon. p. 3, pi. i. figs. \a,lb (1886). 

 Papilio splnjrvs, Hiibner, Ex. Schmett. figs. 775, 776 (1818-27). 

 Papilio machaon, var. asiatica, Menetries, Cat. Mus. Pctr., Lop i. p. 70 (1855). 

 Papilio hippocrates, Felder, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xiv. pp. 314, 362 (1864). 

 Papilio mikado, Pagenst. Verb. Hcidelb. (2) i. p. 98 (1875). 

 Papilio ladakensis, Moore, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1884, p. 46. 

 Papilio sikkimensis, Moore, 1. c. p. 47. 



' Expands 2-50 to 3-43 in. Wings yellow. Fore wings black at; the base, dusted with yellow, 

 the hind margin with a broad black band, powdered with yellow, with marginal yellow 

 lunules ; nervures of wing black and distinct. Hind wings with the hind margin black, 

 powdered with blue, and a marginal row of yellow lunules ; this,black margin has a well- 

 defined edge internally. The eye at the anal angle is round or ovoid and well defined, being 

 blue and dull red from above downwards. The tail straight and well formed. The body is 

 yellow, with a black dorsal band. Antennae black, with the clubs curved. 



"Larva bright green, with deep black rings which are spotted with red; V-shaped process 

 reddish. Feeds on fennel {Anethitm fi-niculum) and wild carrot {Daucua carota), and other 

 XJmbcUifera;. Appears from June to September. 



" Puj>a bright green shaded with buff, or buff shaded with brown." {Lang, 1. c.) 



A detailed lifc-liistory of this species, witli figures of the larva in various 

 stages and of the pupa, will be found in Buckler's ' Larvae of British Butter- 

 flies.' 



Var. aSiatlca, ^renetries. " Cettc variete differe du mnclinon d'Eiirojie en co qn'cu dossus l(!s 

 secondes ailes ont la bande noire posterieure trcs large et bien limitee ; celle-ci i)art du bord 

 anterieur et sc dirigc en ligne droitc, atteigiiaiit pres(]ue la cellule discoidale, ju8(]u"i\ la luinilo 

 analo, 



" De I'Himalaya ot du Kamtchatka. 



"N.B. Les individuH de I'Himalaya presentent de plus, la bande noire du bord posli'ricur des 

 premieres ailes beaucoup ])lu8 large." (Mciwtries, 1. c.) 



Var. hippocrates, Felder. " Duas fcminas c Japonia accepinnn. Differt !i machaont' statura 

 niiilli) ni.'ijore, fascia 8Ui)erna multo angustiore, jiallidiore, alis august ioribus, anticis a])ice, 



