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or less distinct grey stripes; hindwing above and beneath with white-grey vein-stripes at the distal margin. 
The two forms occur together; of the first we also possess a series from the neighbourhood of Siboga and 
Padang Sidempoean. — In South-West Sumatra, in the district of Padang and probably further to the 
south, occurs solokanus Fruhst. The is much less vivid blue than henricus. The forewing of the $ is 
more brown-black than in henricus and bears very narrow vein-stripes, above only at times somewhat whi¬ 
tish; the hindwing is moderately blue and has beneath before the distal margin grey stripes, which are some¬ 
times indicated above also. — petronius Fruhst., from Nias. $ similar to the solokanus-<$, but the black- 
brown stripes in the apical half of the underside of the forewing are broader, the black stripes placed between 
the veins are distallv quite narrow. $ very pale, the grey stripes placed at the subcostals on the forewing 
very broad, the others narrower, beneath almost the whole cell grey; hindwing before the distal margin with 
grey stripes, which are mostly also distinct above. — nox Swains. (= neesius Zink., $ = memercus Godt.) 
(18 b). $ black, with slight blue gloss, above the apical third and beneath about half of the forewing striped with 
brown; apex of the abdomen usually with distinct red spot. $ brown, forewing with light stripes between 
cell and apex. East and West Java. — nyx Nicer, flies on Bali; only 2 $$ known (one in coll. Elwes; the 
other in coll. Nicieville, which is now in the Museum at Calcutta). The light stripes of the forewing between 
cell and apex even broader than in the $ of nox, often almost merged together. 
Latreillei-Group. 
Hindwing elongated, with spatulate tail. Scent-fold of the J and the scent-wool in it strongly developed; 
the anal claspers normal, without distinct tooth at the tip. 
Whilst the preceding group is predominantly Malayan, the species of the latreillei- group only occur on 
the continent and the Chinese and Japanese islands; a single species ( philoxenus ) is said to have reached southwards 
to the Malay Peninsula. 
P. latreillei. Head, prothorax, sides of the breast, and abdomen red, the underside of the latter red 
with black spots. Wings blackish brown, above and beneath pale. Hindwing with broad white discal band; 
4, more rarely 5, submarginal spots, the posterior 3 red, the others more or less white, a spot in the 
tip of the tail red. Scent-wool of the £ white. North-West India, North India, Upper Burma and Shan 
States, from March to August; flies high over the tops of the trees in the thickest forest, but is sometimes 
taken resting on the forest-paths. — latreillei Don. (= minereus Gray ) (19 b) occurs in North-West India 
(especially common in Mussorie), Nepal and Sikkim at a height of 7—9000 ft. The discal patch placed be¬ 
tween the 3. radial and 1. median of the hindwing larger than the other patches. — polla Nicer, is found in 
the Shan States and Upper Burma at elevations of 3500 to 5000 ft. The discal patch placed between the 
2. and 3. radials of the hindwing is larger than the others. 
P. adamsoni Grose-Smith (= mineroides Elw. & Nicer.) (19 c). Very suggestive of P. aristolochiae. 
Smaller than P. latreillei; the tail without red spot, the hindwing from the costa to the. 1. radial much broader, 
the white discal band in the narrower; very commonly the submarginal spot placed before the 2. radial 
is connected with the corresponding discal spot. The $ much paler than the J. — Shan States and Tenas- 
serim; January to March, rare. 
P. crassipes Oberth. (18 a). Forewing less triangular than in latreillei; hindwing in contour much like 
latreillei, without white discal band, and above without distinct submarginal and marginal spots, the spot 
at the tip of the short, broad tail small; beneath the red spots all large, inclusive of the tail-spot there are 
6 present. — Tonkin and Shan States, at elevations of 1000 and 2500 ft.; only a few specimens known. 
P. neviili Wood-Mas. (= chentsong Oberth.) (vol. I, 1 c). The sexes almost alike. Hindwing proxi- 
mally broader than in P. latreillei and the marginal teeth placed before and behind the tail less produced; 
tail without spot; two large white, sometimes slightly reddish spots between the subcostal and the 2. radial, 
the 2. spot reaching almost or quite to the cell, on the upper surface the 1. spot is sometimes very small 
or entirely absent, between the 2. radial and the 3. median 3 red or reddish submarginal lunules, which are 
larger beneath than above. Scent-wool yellowish white. — A very common species in West China, which 
also occurs in Cachar (Assam). 
P. philoxenus. An individually and geographically variable butterfly, which is distributed from West 
China, Kashmir and North-West India to Annam and Tonkin, and also occurs on Formosa; it is not yet 
known from East and South China; a specimen in the Tring Museum is said to be from Taiping in Perak, 
which seems to us very questionable. Body as in the preceding species red and black; hindwing latreillei- 
like in contour, but broader, with 3 submarginal spots between the 2. radial and the 2. median and a double 
spot in the tail, as well as a sometimes very small admarginal spot at the end of the 1. median red, before the 
solokanus. 
petronius. 
nox. 
nyx. 
latreillei. 
polla. 
adamsoni. 
crassipes. 
neviili. 
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