RHOPA LO CERA MALAYAN A, 



Syst. Nat. i. 6, p. 2318, n, 179 {V7QQ) ; Thanh. Mus. Nat. Upa. xxiii. p. 9 (1804); Twit. Syst of Nat, 



iii, 2, p, 107 (1806). 

 .-J era LtttfOtW, Htibn. Verz. bek. Schmott. p. 44, n. 807 (1816). 

 yymphalu Leucothoii, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 480, u, 256 <lB28j. 

 Liirwttiti* Lrttcothati, Westw. Don. Ins. China, ed. 2, p. 05, t. 85, f. 8 (1842). 



Pflptfiu Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. s. p. 180, u. 173 [1758) ; Houtt. NaturL Hiat. i. 11, p. 883, n. 173 (1767). 



Papilio erasing. Cram. Pap. Exot. iSL t. 203, f. E, F 1 1779 1 ; Herbst, Nature. Scbmett, ix. p. 97, n. 20, t. 240, 

 i'. fi, 6 (1798). 



.Vryrtj Kroaine, Hiibn. Saumil. Exot, Sclwiett. i. t. 08 il806-lfi). 

 Prt/JiVio Uuwthca, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 1)6, n. 421 1 1731). 

 PapWo Poiyxnut, Donov. Ins. China, t. 87, f- 4 (1799). 



Athyma Ltwothor, Horsf, A Moore lexch Sulzer*). Cat. Lep, Mus. EJ.C, i. p. 170, n. 849 (1H57); Hull. Cat. 



Fabr. Lep, p. 61, n. 1 (18G9) ; Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 640, u. 8 (1877), 

 Atfti/tmi fViiiu, Aimvillias, Kongl. sv. vet. Akad. Haudl. Band. 19, pp. (1882). 



Male and Female, Wings above dark fuscous, with the following lemon-white spots and markings : — 

 anterior wingB with ft basal streak and two spots in cell ; a subtriangular spot at end of cell ; two elongate 

 subapical spots divided by the upper discoidal nervule, beneath which are an oblique discal series of five 

 spots directed inwardly, the upper two smallest, and the fifth linear on inner margin ; a submarginal series 

 of six very small spots, the third, fourth and Mb contiguous to the upper three discal spots ; posterior 

 wings with a wide transverse macular fascia near base, and an outer discal series of six small spots, 

 inwardly margined with dark fuscous spots, placed between the nervales; both wings with a waved pale 

 linear submarginal fascia and the fringe alternately white. Wings beneath dark warm ochraceous ; pale 

 spots as above, but whiter and more or less margined with black. Anterior wings with four black spots 

 beneath third median nervule, vU. two beneath cell (the basal very small), the largest before the fourth 

 discal spot, and the last following this spot; posterior wings with the apex of precostal nervure black and 

 situate in a basal transverse whitish fascia; central fascia as above, but more or leas margined on each 

 side with black, the outer discal spots above fused into a macular fascia beneath, and containing a series 

 of small black spots placed between the nervules (two between the third median nervule and submedian 

 nervure) ; both wings with a narrow pale waved sub marginal violaceous fascia, outwardly margined with 

 black ; fringe as above. Body above dark fuscous, the eyes castaueous ; thorax with some discal linear 

 grey markings and two posterior oblique spots of the same colour ; abdomen auuulated with greyish. Body 

 beneath and legs greyish, the under surfaces of the tarsi castaneous. 



Exp. wings, <y and S , GO to 0(> millim. 



Had. — Continental India ; Darjeeling ; Assam (Horsf. & Moore) ; Landhaur ; Nepaui ; Cachar (Brit. 

 Mus.) ; Bombay (Dr. Leiih— coll. Dist.) — Malay Peninsula ; Province Wellesley (colls. Dist. and Sailer) ; 

 Malacca (Brit. Mus.) — Java (coll. Horsf.)— Siam ; Cheutaboon ; Nahcouchaisee (Layard).— Formosa.— 

 China (Brit. Mus.) 



The larva and pupa of this species, as found in Java, f have been figured by Dr.Horsfield, J 

 who states that the first "feeds on a species of PhyUtoUhw bearing the native name of 



JJempul'lolot § 



The late Mr. Swinhoe describes || this species in Formosa as "common on bushy and 



* Sukor'fi figure really represents Ncpiit aappho. 



f Mr. Moore etat.es that specimens of this species "from Java are smaller than those from India, and have the 

 central band broader and the portions closer together 1 ' (Horsf, A Mooro, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C. i. p, 170). 



{ Horsf. & Moore, Cat, Lep. Mus. E.I.C. i. t. V, fig. 11, 11a. § Ibid, p. 170. 



|| Proc. Zool. Soc. I860, p. 660. 



