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TEINOPALPUS. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
Concerning the earlier stages nothing is known, except that the egg is Papilio- like. The butterflies 
are common in most parts of their range. They occur near the water in open places, over which they dart 
backwards and forwards near the ground, their rapid flight resembling that of dragonflies; they are immo¬ 
derate water-drinkers, and often squirt the water out again rhythmically at the anus. They are also com¬ 
monly met with at flowers, before which they hang with the wings vibrating rapidly and the tails quivering 
and raised high, without resting on the flower. 
The genus is distributed from South-East China and Assam to Java, Celebes and the Philippines. 
ivalkeri. 
curius. 
libellu- 
loides. 
L. curius. Tarsal claw with long tooth; fold at the abdominal margin of the hindwing of the $ with 
white scent-organ; the oblique band of both wings white. North-East China, Assam, south and east to Java 
and Palawan. Several geographical forms have been erected, which, however, completely intergrade. — wal- 
keri Moore (49 d). The black median band of the forewing posteriorly narrowed, very often incomplete, the 
white band consequently widened. South-East China, Tonkin, Hainan. — curius F. As the preceding, but 
the black median band of the forewing broader and always complete. From Assam to Palawan and Java. 
— libelluloides Frulist. (49 d). The transparent area of the forewing narrower and the veins intersecting it 
thicker black. Nias. 
L. meges. Tarsal claw simple. Hindwing of the $ without scent-organ. The oblique band of both 
wings green (scaleless, the membrane of the wing green). The genitalia likewise easy to distinguish from those 
of L. curius. Distributed further to the east than curius, meges being represented also on the Philippines and 
virescens. Celebes, but does not extend so far north on the continent as curius. — virescens Btlr. The black median 
band of the forewing never twice as broad in the middle as the green band, in the northern districts usually 
even somewhat narrower than the latter; the grey scaling at the base of the hindwing beneath rather sharply 
meges. defined. Hainan, Tonkin, Burma, Shan States, Annam, Siam, Malacca. — meges Zink. (49 d). The black 
median band of the forewing usually half as broad again in the middle as the green band; the grey scaling at 
the base of the hindwing beneath extended to the first grey transverse line, the white band broader than the 
niasicus. black band placed basallv to it. Sumatra, Borneo, Java. — niasicus subsp. nov. The transparent area of the 
forewing smaller than in the preceding forms, consisting of 7 sections, of which the first is small, the black 
distal margin as broad as in the form from Celebes, the green band one-third narrower behind the middle 
than the black band; under surface of the hindwing with very distinct transverse lines before the abdominal 
decius. margin, the grey basal area does not reach the transverse angular patch. Nias. — deciu9 Fldr. {= wilsoni 
Beak.) (49 d). The green band of the forewing narrower than in the preceding forms, about half as broad as 
the black median band; the grey basal area of the hindwing beneath smaller than in meg. meges. Balabac, 
ennius. Palawan, Domaran and all the islands of the Philippines. — ennius Fldr. (= curtius Wall.) (49 d). Larger, 
especially the hindwing, and the tail strikingly longer; the vitreous area of the forewing narrower, intersected 
by thick black veins; the green band above and beneath narrow on both wings. Celebes, apparently com¬ 
moner in the north of the island than in the south. 
4. Germs: Teinopalpus Hope. 
Frons projecting conically; palpi very long, pointed, porrect; antenna short, with strong, obtuse, 
curved club, scaleless except at the base, the segments almost cylindrical, the sensory hairs almost uniformly 
distributed over the underside. Neuration similar to that of Papilio, the median spur of the forewing only 
indicated, the upper transverse vein of the forewing short, the 2 nd long and incurved, apex of the forewing 
pointed, hindwing with 1 (G) or 2 ($) long tails. — The earlier stages not yet described, the larva is said to 
live on Daphne nipalensis. The butterfly is very local and only occurs at medium and higher elevations on 
the mountains (6—10,000 ft.) in wooded districts. It usually remains in the tops of trees, from which it only 
comes down from about 8—11 o’clock in the morning when the sun is shining, and can then be attracted by 
baiting. Its flight is exceedingly fast. The best localities are open places on the tops of mountains surrounded 
by timber-forests. One species. Distributed from Nepal to Tenasserim; also in Central China. 
T. imperialis. body green, beneath yellowish. Upper surface of the wings green on black ground: 
forewing before the middle with black, gently curved line and between it and the distal margin 2 broad, 
blackish, indistinctly defined shadowy bands, the extreme margin black, the fringes white; hindwing with 
black median line, at the distal side of which there is a yellow area, and the space from here to the abdominal 
margin is edged with white, before the distal margin green-yellow submarginal lunules, tip of the tail yellow. 
Under surface to the black median line green, the rest of the forewing brownish yellow with black bands; 
the hindwing almost as above. $ larger than paler, above on the forewing with two grey bands, on the 
hindwing with large grey central area, which is narrower and yellow before the abdominal margin, marginal 
teeth longer than in the the tooth of the 1 st radial developed into a tail, which is shorter than the tail of 
