516 PAPILIOXID^. 
SO large as certain iudividuals from Kiukiaug, Central China, which I sent 
to him. 
Oberthiir (Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 11) mentions both forms from the Isle of 
Askold, and states that the specimens of xutlmlus from that island are similar 
to those obtained by M. I'Abbe David in China. 
Distribution. Amurlaud, Japan, Corea, China. 
Papilio machaon. (Plate XXXV. fig. 2, var.) 
Pcqnlio machaon, Limifeus, Syst. Nat. i. %, p. 750 (1767); Lang, Butt. Eur. p. 7, pi. i. 
tig. 4 (1881); Pryer, Rliop. Nihon. p. 3, pi. i. figs. \a,\h (1886). 
Papilio sphyrus, Hiibner, Ex. Schmett. figs. 775, 776 (1818-27). 
Papilio machaon, var. asiatica, Menetries, Cat. Mus. Petr., Lep i. p. 70 (1855). 
Papi/io hippocrates, Felder, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xiv. pp. 314, 3G2 (1864). 
Papilio mikado, Pagenst. Verh. Heidelb. (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. Wioga yellow. Fore wings black at the base, dusted with yellow, 
the hind margin with a broad black band, powdered with yeUow, 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 weU- 
defiued 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; Y-shaped process 
reddish. Feeds on fennel {Anethum feniculum) and wild carrot (Daucus earota), and other 
UmbeUiferse. Appears from June to September. 
'• Pu2M bright green shaded with buff, or buff shaded with brown." {Lang, J. c.) 
A detailed life-history of this species, with figures of the larva in various 
stages and of tlie pupa, will be found in Buckler's ' Larvae of British Butter- 
flies.' 
Yar. asiatica, Menetries. " Cette variete difFOre du machaon d'Europe en ce queu dessus les 
secondes ailes ont la bande noire posterieure tres large et bien limitee ; celle-ci part du bord 
anterieur et se dirige en ligne droite, atteignant presque la cellule discoidale, jusqu'a la luuule 
anale. 
" De I'Himalaya et du Kamtchatka. 
" X.B. Les iiidividus de I'llimalaya presentent de plus, la bande noire du bord posterieur des 
premieres ailes beaucoup plus large." {Menetries, 1. c.) 
Yar. hippocrates, Felder. "Duas feminas e Japonia accepimus. Differt a mncliaone statura 
multo majore, fascia superna multo angustiore, pallidiore, alls angustioribus, anticis apice, 
