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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
light markings vary individually in size. The Be? common on moist sand, the $ singly in the woods. — In 
megarus. megarus Westw. (= loki Rob.) (46 e), from Assam, the cell-spots of the forewing are small above and almost 
similis. entirely absent beneath. Its occurrence in Sikkim is doubtful. — similis Lathy (= meagrus Fruhst., mega- 
penthes Fruhst., mendicus Fruhst., martinus Fruhst.). The cell-spots of the forewing well developed also be- 
sagitliger. neath. Hainan, Tonkin, Siam, Shan States, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, North-East Sumatra. — sagittiger 
Fruhst. The light stripes thinner and the spots, especially the submarginal ones, smaller than in the preced- 
jleximacula. ing forms, the cell-spots of the forewing present also beneath. North Borneo. — fleximacula Rothsch. Fore¬ 
wing with white stripe instead of 2 spots before the 1 st median; submarginal spots small. Banguey Island, a 
pair in coll. Staudinger. 
megaera. P. megaera Stgr. (46 e). B and $ paler brown than megarus, the light markings in the basal half of 
both wings absent above and beneath, or very faintly indicated on the upper surface of the hindwing. Palawan. 
P. stratocles. The light markings purer white than in megaera and megarus and with the exception 
of the sirbmarginal spots larger; the forewing bears between the hindmargin and the 2 nd radial or even the sub¬ 
costal fork white discal stripes; the cell of the hindwing is entirely white or has only traces of two black lines. 
stratocles. The light markings in the $ larger than in the B- Palawan, Mindoro, Mindanao. — stratocles Fldr. (= ma- 
gicus Stgr., stratoclides Lathy) (47 d). The cell-spots of the forewing and the discal stripes of both wings broad. 
Palawan, Mindoro. Felder originally gave Mindanao as locality, but the B described by him came from Min- 
slratonices. doro. — stratonices subsyec. nov. B : the white stripes much less strongly developed, the cell-patches of the 
forewing obsolete towards the costa, the discal stripes of the hindwing partly shaded with brown, the sub¬ 
marginal spots, especially on the hindwing, smaller than in stratocles. the white markings almost as much 
reduced as in the B> or at least the submarginal spots of the hindwing above and beneath smaller than in the 
5 of the preceding form. Mindanao. 
P. deucalion. Similar to stratocles, mostly larger, the cell-spots of the forewing broken up into dots, 
the light stripes of both wings shorter, the cell of the hindwing before the apex with black oblique line, on 
the disc of the hindwing a row of 4 or 5 small spots. In the ^ the white markings somewhat larger than in 
deucalion. the B- Celebes and North Moluccas. —- deucalion Bdv. (47 d). The light markings yellow. North and South 
leucadion. Celebes. •— - leucadion Stgr. (47 d). The light markings white, slightly yellowish, smaller than in deucalion, 
partly shaded with black, the stripes of the forewing, however, somewhat longer. North Moluccas: Halma- 
heira, Batjan. 
P. thule. Nearly allied to the preceding species; very variable, in all specimens the light markings 
are white, with slightly greenish tinge (the wing-membrane of the light spots, beneath the scales, greenish), 
which is often absent in the light $$. Forewing without light stripe at the hindmargin or this stripe in light 
$$ feebly developed; on the hindwing the light stripes united into a central area, which is distant from the 
base or extends to near the same only below the cell, being usually very strongly reduced from the basal side; 
the veins which intersect this area are mostly very narrowly black; the cell of the hindwing bears no black 
oblique line as in deucalion. In dark specimens the light markings of the body are also reduced. There do 
fumosa. not appear to be any fairly constant geographical differences. The principal individual forms are: f. fumosa 
form, nov., the area of the hindwing above reduced, intersected by rather broad black veins, beneath so dense¬ 
ly scaled with brown that the light spots are barely indicated; several Be? i n the Tring Museum from the 
leuthe. hills of British New Guinea; on the rivers running into Redscar Bay. f. leuthe Grose-Smith (82 b), the discal 
stripes of the forewing short, cell of the forewing without markings or the cell-spots small, the area of the hind¬ 
wing far removed from the base; Waigeu and north side of Dutch and German New Guinea, less pronounced 
thule. dark specimens also in the southern parts of New Guinea, f. thule Wall. (— alfredi Fruhst.), some at least 
of the stripes of the forewing extending to the cell, narrower than the black vein-stripes, the area of the hind¬ 
wing moreover does not reach the base posteriorly, the cell-spots of the forewing distinct: in the entire geo- 
goldiei. graphical range of the species, f. goldiei Godm. & Salv. (= princeps Weym.) (82 c). The light stripes of the 
forewing broader than in the preceding form, usually broader than the black vein-stripes separating them, 
the area of the hindwing nearly reaches the base posteriorly; in the $ the light stripes are especially strongly 
developed, also the cell-spots of the forewing are large and sometimes the posterior half of the cell is occupied 
by a long, uninterrupted patch; apparently as widely distributed as f. thule. All these forms are connected 
by transitions. — The species is hitherto only known from Waigeu and various parts of New Guinea, but pro¬ 
bably also occurs on Aru and the islands off the coast of New Guinea. The butterfly in the woods; the dif¬ 
ferent varieties are mimics of Danaids. 
idaeoides. P. idaeoides Hew. An extremely noteworthy mimetic butterfly on account of its great simil¬ 
arity to its model ( Hestia leuconoe). In the markings similar to P. delesserti; the cell of the hindwing much 
broader, the scales normal. Wings white with black markings as may be seen from the figure; the under sur¬ 
face resembles the upper. The $ is marked exactly like the B, somewhat larger. — Only known from Mindanao. 
