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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
In the ^ both wings with white-grey stripes in addition to the spots of the <$, the distal half of the forewing 
danisepa. purple-blue, the patches less blue than in the £. The caunus-iovm is f. danisepa Btlr. (32 b); the forewing of 
the $ above glossy blue, with a large white patch in the apex of the cell and smaller patches on the disc; hind¬ 
wing from the base to beyond the apex of the cell white, this area divided by the black veins and distally suffused 
aenigma. with blue. The $ is very similar to the larger. — aenigma Wall., from the Malay Peninsula, Penang, 
Singapore, East and West Sumatra and Banka. The of the paradoxa-iovm occurs in two variaties: (J-f. aenigma 
Wall. (= distanti Bothsch., butleri Dist. not Jans.) has on the forewing light blue discal stripes on a glossy blue 
ground and a row of white suhmarginal spots, often shaded with blue, and a light blue spot in the cell. Of 
butleri. the second form, <$-{. butleri Jans., only the type (in the Tring Museum) is known to me. The specimen bears 
the locality-label ,,E. Indies (? Malacca) 11 , its origin is therefore doubtful. The forewing is velvety black, without 
blue gloss, a spot in the cell and a row of narrow discal stripes dark blue, the distal ends of the stripes slightly 
whitish, corresponding to the white submarginal spots of the under surface. The $ of the paradoxa- form in three 
penomimus. varieties: $-f. penomimus Mart. (= fuscus Hag. not Goeze). Porewing dark brown, without blue gloss, posteriorly 
on the disc usually somewhat lighter, the submarginal spots weakly developed, the anterior ones above and 
beneath effaced; the hindwing without or with long, light discal arrow-spots, always with rather large, strongly 
nepticula. curved submarginal spots. $-f. nepticula Bothsch. has likewise no blue gloss on the forewing, the latter bears 
between the apex of the cell and the distal margin 5 or 6 white stripes and in the cell a white spot; the hindwing 
haasei. brown, with white submarginal spots. In $-f. haasei Bothsch. both wings are striped with white from the base 
above and beneath; the forewing more or less broadly glossy blue between the large white submarginal dots and 
aegialus. the apex of the cell, a white dot in the cell. The caunus-iovm of the same districts is f. aegialus Dist. (= velu- 
tinus Btlr.); only the $ known; smaller than f. danisepa, the two white stripes placed before the cell of the hind¬ 
wing are more indistinct and sometimes entirely absent. This form is considerably rarer than aenigma. — On 
telesicles. Borneo the species varies quite in the same way as on Sumatra and Malacca: telesicies Fldr. The $ of the 
paradoxa- form is found in two principal types: the commoner is rf-i. telesicles Fldr. (= kerosa Btlr., juda Btlr., 
zanoa Btlr.) (20 b), with light blue discal stripes on the forewing; not constantly different from aenigma, the 
light blue stripes in general thinner and less numerous. In the second form of the the forewing with the ex¬ 
ception of the base is also glossy blue, but the light blue stripes are entirely absent, and the submarginal 
eucyana. spots of the forewing above are wanting or only the anterior ones are present: <J-f. eucyana form. nov. (from 
leucothoides. South-East and North Borneo, in the Tring Museum). The $ in 4 principal varieties: $-f. leucothoides Hour. 
(= schoenbergianus Hour. $ not <J) (32 b); both wings brown, between the veins more or less pale brown, without 
blue gloss, the submarginal spots of the hindwing smaller and placed further from the distal margin than in $-f. 
russus. penominus from Sumatra. §-f. russus Bothsch. (32 b) is likewise brown; the forewing has large white subapical 
stripes and sometimes glossy blue scales at the apex of the cell, the submarginal spots are smaller than in $-f. 
daja. nepticula from Sumatra and Malacca. $-f. daja Bothsch. corresponds to $-f. haasei, but the white stripes of the 
hindwing are shorter and, at least on the upper surface, not forked distally; the forewing is more extended blue. 
A fourth form, which is not yet known from the preceding localities, has no blue gloss on the forewing and both 
albostriatus. wings bear a complete row of white discal stripes: $-f. albostriatus Bothsch. (32 c); the cell of both wings is striped 
with white, especially beneath, and that of the forewing has a white apical spot. The caunus-iovm of these 
mendax. districts is f. mendax Bothsch. (— typhrestus Fruhst.). The J is very similar to f. aegialus, but the white of the 
hindwing is more strongly reduced. The $ of mendax differs from its $ much more than the danisepa- $ ab; 
much paler than the $ and the white basal area of the hindwing larger, the stripes placed before the cell 
being present. We know mendax from North and South-East Borneo, albostriatus and russus fromNorth Borneo 
^.s iulrn an< ^ daja as well as leucothoides from North and South-East Borneo and the Natuna Islands. — melanostoma 
subsp. nov . ; 1 from Palawan (J. Watersi'RADT coll.) in the Tring Museum. Forewing broad, with the ex¬ 
ception of the base glossy blue, with very slight traces of light blue discal stripes; no spot in the cell, the sub¬ 
marginal spots blue-white, not sharply prominent, the anterior 4 almost effaced, the posterior 4 somewhat more 
distinct ; hindwing with whitish blue submarginal spots, which are placed in purple wedge-shaped patches. Under 
surface distally paler than in Borneo specimens, the submarginal spots brownish, consequently less prominent 
niasicus. than in telesicles and aenigma. Palpi black, with scattered white scales. — niasicus Bothsch. <$: forewing with 
white submarginal spots, of which the anterior ones are larger than in the other races, without distinct pale blue 
discal stripes. Only one §-form known: without blue gloss, on the forewing a cell-spot, a row of discal stripes 
and submarginal spots white; hindwing only with submarginal spots. Nias. A carmws-fonn is not known from 
mesades. there. — From the Batu Islands Lathy figures as aegialus tire $ of a caunws-form which Fruhstorfer calls mesades; 
as no $ is yet known of aegialus it remains to be proved whether mesades really differs from aegialus. According 
to the figure the forewing is without blue sheen and the white markings of both wings are larger than in Borneo 
paradoxa. specimens. — paradoxa Zink. (20 b) flies on Java. In f. paradoxa the forewing is glossy blue and has a complete 
row of pale blue discal stripes, some of which are white in the centre; the bluish white cell-spot and the sub¬ 
marginal spots large, beneath there are always white discal diffuse spots on the forewing, sometimes a complete 
row. The ^ is lighter or darker brown; the hindwing above and beneath with white discal arrow-spots, which 
are placed at a distance from the cell, and white submarginal spots; the arrow-shaped markings are indistinct 
caunus. in dark specimens. Striped are not known to me from Java. There also occurs on Java f. caunus Westw. 
