■ PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 101 
Btlr. (= aegistiades Horn.). The upper surface of the hindwing almost entirely without markings. 
New Pomerania. 
P. agamemnon. Body above brown-black, with a green-grey longitudinal stripe at each side; under 
surface grey. Upper surface of the wings brownish black, with grey or blue-green patches, of which those placed 
towards the base are band-like and those below the cell of the forewing large and elliptical or almost circular; 
hindwing with tail, which is longer in the $ than in the $ and in the Indo-Malayan forms longer than in the 
Papuan. Under surface paler than upper, the green patches partly covered with white or brownish scales, both 
wings clouded with violet-grey; hindwing between costal and cell with black crescent, which is basally margined 
with red, beneath this spot usually a distinct second arc, there is often also a red anal spot and in some forms 
a row of red discal spots; the red spots are occasionally replaced by yellow. The young larva almost black, with 
a large light area on the middle of the back, the 3 thoracic segments and the anal segment each with a pair of 
processes with forked hairs, the other segments likewise with some forked hairs arranged in longitudinal rows; 
these hairs disappear later; the full-grown larva either ochre-yellow with greenish tinge or dark green, larvae 
bred indoors sometimes light yellow (want of light ? Piepers) ; the thoracic segments' each with a pair of black 
spines, the spines of the 3 rd pair in a small orange-yellow spot (in contrast to sarpedon there is no yellow transverse 
stripe on the metathorax); the anal spines light with dark tips. The larva remains by day motionless on the 
midrib of a leaf. It lives especially on Anona, but also feeds on other trees of the order Anonaceae, e. g. Sacco- 
petalum, Gualteria, Polyalthia, Michelia, and prefers young trees or bushes. The thoracic horn of the pupa 
is laterally compressed, obtuse when viewed from the side, bent forwards and about twice as long as broad, the 
tip and the lateral carina brown, the latter undulate; behind the stigma of the prothorax a short brown ridge. 
The butterfly is very common near the settlements, but also occurs in large numbers in the woods, in the plains 
and hills; it is fond of visiting the flowers of Lantana. The $$ are especially captured when ovipositing; collections 
from the Papuan region, where the butterfly is much less common than in the Indo-Malayan districts, and hence 
is more sought after by the collector, usually contain as many $$ as whilst from India and the large Sunda 
Islands almost exclusively UU are obtained.— -agamemnon L. (= dorylas Sulz., rufescens Oberth.) (45 d). The agamemnon. 
spots of the upper surface yellow-green, the three discal patches placed between the lower angle of the cell and 
the lower median on the forewing broader than the interspaces between them. Specimens with very short stumpy 
tail are ab. aegisthus L. (= anoura Obertli.). Distributed from South China and North India to Bali and the aegisthus. 
Philippines. —- menides Fruhst., from Ceylon and South India, has a longer tail. — andamana Lathy, from the Andamana 
Andamans, resembles agamemnon, but the patches of the upper surface are more grey-green. — decoratus Rothsch., decoratus. ' 
from the Nicobars, agrees above with andamana, but bears on the underside of the hindwing at least 5, mostly 
7 light red spots.— rufoplenus Fruhst. resembles ag. agamemnon, but the red spots on the under surface of the rufoplenus. 
hindwing are somewhat larger. Nias.— atropictus Fruhst., from Engano; ,,a strikingly dark local race; very atropictus. 
rare, only 2 specimens 11 . Not known to me in nature. — On Batu flies ag. agamemnon. — baweana FLagen (= aelius baweana. 
Fruhst.). The patches of both wings smaller than in the preceding forms. Bawean. — meton Fruhst. is very melon. 
similar to baweana, but the tail is somewhat longer. The patches in the apical half of the forewing are grey-green. 
Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Timor? — exilis Rothsch. (= pedius Fruhst., perecopus Fruhst.) (45 d). A small exilis. 
form with small grey-green (slightly bluish) spots. Wetter, Dammer, Babber, Kisser, Tenimber. — enoplus enoplus. 
subsp. non. Similar to the preceding subspecies, the patches of the forewing still smaller, with the exception 
of the basal and subbasal bands, which are as broad as in ag. agamemnon. The markings of the hindwing are fully 
as large as in ag. agamemnon. Beneath*all the discal spots of the forewing are scaled, hence whitish. Palau 
(= Pelew). — - comodus Fruhst. (= celebensis Fickert nec Wall.). Large, costal margin of the forewing strongly comodus. 
curved, the patches small. Celebes, Sangir, Sulla Islands, Saleyer, Kalao, Djampea. —- guttatus Rothsch. guttatus. 
(= kineas Fruhst., appius Fruhst.). The wings broad, the tail very short. The patches of both wings of about 
the same size as in comodus, all well developed; the under surface of the hindwing anteriorly and posteriorly 
with 2 red patches, which are sometimes very large. The discal spots of the hindwing beneath fully scaled. Northern 
Moluccas: Morty, Halmaheira, Ternate, Batjan and Obi. — plisthenes Fldr. (46a). The cell-spots and the plisthenes. 
discal ones of the forewing are larger than in guttatus and on the whole more yellowish green, commonly the cell- 
spots are joined together in pairs; the spots of the hindwing more or less strongly reduced. The discal spots on 
the underside of the forewing partly scaleless (and hence green); the under surface of the hindwing anteriorly 
and posteriorly with 2 red spots. Hindwing longer than in guttatus, in the $ with longer tail. Southern Moluccas: 
Buru, Amboina, Ceram, Goram Laut. -—- argynnus Druce (46 b). Similar to plisthenes, but the spots argynnus. 
of the hindwing still more reduced, the posterior and distal spots usually absent; both wings narrower. 
Key Islands. — ligatus Rothsch. (— atreus Fruhst.) (45 d). With broader wings than ag. agamemnon, ligaius. 
to which this Papaun race is most similar, the tail shorter, the discal patches of the forewing larger, the 
two discal spots placed between the lower median and the submedian always merged together into a band. The 
black spots placed at the proximal side of the submarginal spots on the hindwing beneath larger than in 
ag. agame7nnon. Distinguishable from argynnus and plisthenes by the larger spots on the upper surface of 
the hindwing and the smaller spots of the underside, also at most 3 red spots are present. The whole of 
New Guinea with the neighbouring islands: Aru, Misol, Waigeu, Jobi, Mafor, Bon, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, 
Woodlark, Yanarba. — mynion Fruhst. The tail on the whole somewhat longer than in ligatus. Queensland. — mynion. 
