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RHOPA LOCERA MALA VAN A, 



1. Papilio erebus* (Tab. XXXI., tig. 1 J, 2 ? .) 



Papilla Krdnt*, Wallace, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol, xxv. p. 41, n. 19 (1865). 

 Papilio Xox, war., Be Ilaan, Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned, overz. Bee. p. 41, t. 5, f, 8 (1840), 

 Papilio Xox, Gray (part), Cat. Lepid. Papil. p. 8, n. 28 (1852). 



.Male. Anterior wings above dark indigo-black; posterior wings dark olivaceous; anterior wings 

 beneath with the neuration beyond cell margined with pale obscure fuscous, the inner margin more or 

 less olivaceous ; posterior wings beneath darker than above. Body above more or less concolorous with 

 wings ; pronotum with a villose carmine collar ; thorax beneath and legs blackish, the lateral margins at 

 extreme base of wings brilliant carmine j abdomen beneath dark fuscous. 



Female. Much larger than the male ; wings above more or less concolorous with those of the male, 

 but the anterior wings having the median nervules margined with pale fuscous, and the remainder of the 

 neuration beyond cell (excluding extreme apex) margined with greyish -white ; posterior wings with the 

 posterior margin distinctly scalloped, the fringe greyish-white, and with a series of large dark lanceolate 

 marginal spots placed between the nervules ; wings beneath as above, but the anterior wings having all 

 tlii/ lu-rvules margined with pale grayish-white. Mod the apical half of cell also inwardly more or less 

 distinctly margined with the same colour ; posterior wings having the apices of the nervules at posterior 

 margin obscurely bordered with greyish. Body coloured as in male, but with a carmine tuft between the 

 eyes and the apex of the abdomen beneath of the same colour. 



Exp. wings, <j , 85 to 98 millim. ; ? , 121 mi turn, 



Haij, — Malay Peninsula; Province Wellesley (coll. Diet.); Per&k (Kiinit. — Gale. Mus.) ; Sungei 

 Ujong (Dumford — coll. Diet,) ; Malacca (coll. Wallace). — Borneo; Banjermasin (De Haan). 



An opportunity has now been afforded of figuring what appears to be both sexes of 

 this scarce species.* Prof. Westwood, in recently describing some new species belonging 

 to the group* also gave a description of what he considered the female P. erebus as " black 

 above," which, with other characters enumerated 4 do not apply to the species.! 



2. Papilio varuna. (Tab, XXXI., fig. S J , 4 * .) 



Papilio Vatuna t White, ' Entomologist,' L p. 280 (1842); Gray, Cat. Lepid. Papil. p. 8, n. 27 (1852); 



Hor&f. & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mas. E. I. C. vol. L p. 98, n. 19'J (1857); Wall. Trans. Linn. Soo. 



vol. ijlV. p. 42, d. 20 11806); Butl. Trans. Linn. Soc. aer. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 553, n. 20 (1877). 

 Papilio uliara, W T estw. Ann. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 87 (1842); Arc, Eat. U. t. 66, f. 2 (1844). 

 Papitui Attorim, Westvv. Aim. Nat, Hist, ix. p. 37 (1842); Arc. Ent. ii, t. 66, f. 1 (1844). 



Hale. Anterior wings above dark glossy blackish, with an olivaceous tinge, and with a few greyish 

 streaks near outer anglo (these are absent in some specimens) ; posterior wings dark shining oHvaceous ; 

 anterior wiugs beneath as above, but with a series of longitudinal greyish strigre on outer half of wing, 

 faintest at apex and most distinct and palest at outer angle; posterior wings darker and blacker than 

 above. Body above blackish; an anterior prouotal collar and tuft between the eyes carmine; body 

 beneath blackish ; lateral margins of the thorax, ami a large basal tuft to the abdomen cannine ; abdomen 

 beneath carmine, spotted with black; legs blackish. 



Female. Considerably larger than the male. Anterior wings above blackish, irrorated with obscure 

 greyish, the last colour most distinct and prominent near the submedian nervure ; posterior wings as in 

 male; wings beneath as in male, but the anterior wings having the greyish markings larger, more 

 numerous, and distributed over the whole area of wing. Body as in male. 



* Both sexes have been received together, and presumably represent one species, despite several and not inconsiderable 

 differences. 



f Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1872, p. 98. 



