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PAPILIONID^. 



Elwes (Trans. Ent. Soc. Loncl. 1888, p. 427) states that P. arcUirus is 

 found in Sikkim from May to August, at elevations of from 3000 to 9000 

 feet. It occasionally settles on the forest-paths ; the female is rather larger 

 than the male, but does not differ from it in other respects. 



Papilio krishna. 



Papilio krishna, Moore, Horsfield & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. p. 108, pi. ii. a. 

 fig. G (1857). 



" Uppcrside black, irrorated with golden-green atoms : fore wing with a well-defined transverse 

 fascia of deep golden-green atoms from anterior margin, commencing at one third of the 

 length of the wing from the apex to posterior margin near the angle ; hind wing with a 

 brilliant sky-blue sinuated patch near anterior angle, and connected with abdominal margin 

 by a broad well-defined sinuous line of deep golden-green atoms ; near the margin is a series 

 of five crimson lunules, margined inwardly by a purplish-blue line, the one on the abdominal 

 margin inclosing at the anal angle a black spot, which is bounded at the angle with ferruginous ; 

 the space between the sinuous line and patch and the lunules is pure black, without irrora- 

 tions ; the space from the lunules and down middle of tail with golden-green irrorations ; 

 indentations margined with white, and tinged inwardly with ferruginous. Underside black; 

 both pairs of wings basally irrorated with golden-green and whitish atoms ; fascia of fore wing 

 creamy white ; hind wing with creamy-white fascia from anterior margin near angle to 

 middle of the wing, then branching upwards to abdominal margin ; lunules seven in number, 

 brighter and broader than on uppcrside ; the indentations and anal angle with broad, pale, 

 ferruginous lunules." (Moore, !, c.) 



Two male specimens of this species were taken in June at Wa-shan, in 

 Western China, at an elevation of 6000 feet. Except that the transverse 

 bands on upper surface of primaries and on all the wings beneath are less 

 well defined, these Chinese examples do not differ from Sikkim specimens. 



In his " Catalogue of the Lcpidoptera of Sikkim " (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1888, p. 427) Mr. Elwes says of P. krislma: — "A common species in some 

 seasons at certain places, and found from 3 up to 8 or 9000 feet, but hard to 

 catch in good condition. I have seen it most often on or about the bare tops 

 of liills, like Sinchul, which arc clothed with dense chestnut, oak, and 

 magnolia forest, in whicli it ])robably lives and breeds, and comes out on 

 sunny mornings into the openings, where alone it can be taken. The female 

 is extremely rare, only one or two specimens b(>ing known lo us. Its season 

 is from May to August." 



This and the ])r(!ceding five species are probably refcrabl(> to the genus 

 Sarharia^ Moore (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 2r)8). 



