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PAPILIONID^. 



spots in cell — the one at apex small and rounded, the others more or less linear, — a discal 

 oblique row of eight spots commencing just beyond end of cell and terminating on inner 

 margin — of these the third spot is smallest, and the sixth, seventh, and eighth much the 

 largest, the last two being more or less fused together,- — a small subapical spot and a sub- 

 marginal row of still smaller spots ; posterior wings with the hasal half of costal area greyish, 

 three large discal spots, — the largest in cell, the smallest above cell, and the other situate 

 between the two lower median nervules, — a submarginal row of small spots and a large 

 greyish patch on abdominal margin, fringe alternately greyish. Wings beneath paler than 

 above, the spots silvery in hue ; anterior wings spotted as above ; posterior wings with the 

 three discal spots continued to costa in a large silvery patch, yellowish at base, and traversed 

 by two dark fuscous fasciae, — one near base parallel with abdominal margin, the other 

 concave at about centre of wing, — between these fascia) the median nervure is broadly blackish ; 

 beyond cell and extending to a little above anal angle are a series of red spots, tho innermost 

 of which is followed by a small greyish spot ; the submarginal spots much larger than above, 

 with two additional linear spots situate one on each side of the upper subcostal nervule. Body 

 above with the head and pronotum blackish ; the abdomen fuscous ; body beneath greyish ; 

 legs greyish, streaked with blackish. 

 " Expanse c? 74 millim." {Distant, I. c.) 



I have only received one example of this variable and wide-ranging species 

 from China. It was taken at Chaug-yang, and differs from all other examples 

 of P. hathycles that I have seen in having the spots of central series on 

 primaries narrower and more elongate. 



Distrilution. Malay Peninsula, Penang, Perak, Malacca, Singapore, Java, 

 Borneo, Sikkim, Bhotan, Nepal, the Khasias, and China. 



Papilio mikado. (Plate XXXII. fig. 6 ? .) 



Papilio mikado, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1887, p. 40G, pi. xxxv. fig. 1. 



Ground-colour of all the wings black ; a narrow s( raw-coloured streak extends across the basal 

 area of the fore wing interrupted by tho ncrvurcs. All tho wings covered with straw-coloured 

 spots consisting of a submarginal series of fairly uniform sjjols running round the outer 

 margin of the wing ; a subcostal scries of ciglit spots, three of wliich are situatod in tlu^ 

 discoidMl cell, a discal series of six graduated spots on the fore wing, whicli is continued on 

 the liind wing in a wedge-shaped mass, tapering to a 1)1 tint point near the anal angle and 

 dividtd into two by tho median nervure ; the first t wo spo(,s of tlie submarginal series of tho 

 hind wing, tlio anal lunulo, tlu) upper part of tlio ■wedgo-shapod nuiss, and the interior of the 

 abdominal fold are very pale yellow. Underside, a reproduction of the upper surface, wit li 

 most of tho spots enlarged and whiter, and with tlio addition of a yellow spot at tlie base of 

 the liind wing and an irregular arrangement of yellow markings between the discal and sub- 

 marginal Hjjots of tlic hind wing. 



Kxpanso •\]^ inches. 



1 took one female example of (his species in 1S8G, about May 20th, near 



