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casphor. 
nandina. 
mangoura. 
cliaro pus. 
homimani. 
onbams. 
epiphorbas. 
phorbanta. 
PAPILIO. By Dr. C. AurwUlius. 
cellule 5 of the forewing present., but small; that in cellule 6 very small, not larger than the one in cellule 
7. Xyassaland and German East Africa. — casphor Suff. Discal spot of the forewing in cellule 5 large, 
reaching vein 6; the median band therefore quite continuous; otherwise marked like pliorcas and congoanus. 
German East Africa: Tabora. 
P. nandina B. &• J. Forewing with a large light spot in the cell which is contiguous to the discal 
band; the latter light yellowish, somewhat suffused with greenish, and with two spots in cellule 5 of the fore- 
wing; otherwise marked exactly like pliorcas. — British East Africa. 
Nireus Group. 
Abdomen not reaching the anal angle of the hindwing. Wings above black with blue or greenish 
markings. Hindwing at vein 4 angled or tailed. Body beneath black, with or without white dots. Frons dotted 
with white. The oo without pilose patches. The median band, which is only entirely wanting in the 2 of 
phorbanta. is directed towards the anal angle of the hindwing and there almost always bounded by vein lb; it 
never reaches the base of the hindwing. The larva is thickened at the third segment, and thence narrowed 
quickly anteriorly and gradually posteriorly; the first and last segment have each two widely separated spines. 
The pupa has a two-pointed head and a tall protuberance on the mesothorax, viewed from above it is very 
angularly widened at each side of the second abdominal segment. 
1. Sub-Group. 
Hindwing at vein 4, with a distinct free tail, at least 6 mm long, which when not otherwise mentioned 
is unicolorous black. 
P. mangoura Hew. Tail of the hindwing with a white tip; hindwing beneath with light median band, 
but without submarginal spots; the discal spot at the costal margin of the forewing above (blue in the p, 
yellow in the $) is deeply forked, having also a spot near to the apex of the cell; forewing with an almost 
straight row of 7 blue ($) or light yellowish (2) submarginal spots in cellules 2—8; hindwing above without 
submarginal spots, but with white (A) or yellowish (2) marginal lunules, which are very large in the 2. Closely 
allied to P. delalandei. — Madagascar. 
P. charopus JYestw. (6 a). Apex of the forewing produced and the distal margin therefore distinctly 
excised at the end of veins 5 and 6; forewing beneath with four large yellowish submarginal spots in cellules 
1 b—4; the blue median band of the upper surface gradually and very considerably widened posteriorly, 
so that the spots of cellules 2 and 8 of the hindwing are very long and cover much more than half their cellules; 
the submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath of the ground-colour and consequently only indicated by 
their silver rings. — Ashanti to the Cameroons. 
P. hornimani Dist. (6 a) only differs from the preceding species in that the median band of the upper 
surface is only a little widened posteriorly, so that the spots of cellules 2 and 8 of the hindwing cover but 
a third or a quarter of the cellules and are scarcely twice as long as broad; the submarginal spots of the 
hindwing beneath in the p yellow, very prominent, in the 2 as in charopus. — German East Africa. 
P. oribazus Bdv. (6a). Distal margin of the forewing almost straight; forewing beneath with violet 
or whitish submarginal spots in cellules 1 b—4: median band of the upper surface almost equally broad and 
continuous at least to vein 5 of the hindwing; the discal spot in cellule 2 of the hindwing does not cover 
the extreme base of the cellule and that of cellule 1 c does not reach the cell. — Madagascar. 
P. epiphorbas Bdv. (6 b) differs from oribazus in the blue or greenish median band of the upper sur¬ 
face being completely wanting in cellules 1 a and 1 b of the forewing (<J) or at least interrupted in cellule 
lb (2), and in the forewing beneath having no sub marginal spots. The discal spot in cellule 2 of the hind¬ 
wing above reaches the base of the cellule and that of cellule 1 c the cell; in the £ occur on the under sur¬ 
face of the hindwing at least 1—2, usually several very prominent yellow submarginal spots. The larva 
is said to be unicolorous green without markings. — Madagascar. 
2. Sub-Group. 
Hindwing broadly produced between veins 2 and 4 and at vein 4 with a more or less sharp angle or 
lobe, but with no free tail; in phorbanta, where this lobe is the longest, it only measures 3 mm. The sub- 
marginal spots of the hindwing beneath are sharply defined in the o. gold-yellow to white, in the $ indistinct, 
cloudy, white. 
P. phorbanta L. (= disparilis Bdv.) (6 b 2). The blue median band of the upper surface either 
wanting altogether ($) or at least in cellules 1 a and 1 b of the forewing (<J); in the it is produced into 
a point towards the anal angle of the hindwing; the submarginal spots of the upper surface in the are 
blue and are absent on the forewing, in the 2 large and whitish and present on both wings. Larva above 
