demoleus. 
demodocus. 
docusdemo. 
albicans. 
nubila. 
bennetti. 
erithoni- 
oides. 
moronda- 
vana. 
menestheus. 
pygmaeus. 
lormieri. 
ophidice- 
phalus. 
phalusco. 
20 PAPILIO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
short spine at each side on the first and the penultimate segment. Pupa with two-pointed head and a hump on 
the mesothorax directed forwards. 
P. demoleus L. (see part I, vol. I, pi. 6 b). Differs from demodocus among other distinctions in the 
eye-spot at the anal angle of the hindwing being almost entirely red-brown. This species, which is very 
common in the Indian Region, also occurs in Arabia at Muscat. 
P. demodocus. Wings above blackish with yellow markings, which are arranged as the figure (4 a) 
shows; the basal half of the cell of the forewing above with a transverse row of small yellow dots; the discal 
spots of cellules 2 and B of the forewing irregularly angular; the red submarginal spot in cellule 1 c of the 
hindwing, which forms the outer part of the eye-spot, borders directly the yellow marginal spot of this 
cellule. — demodocus Esp. (4 a). Hindwing at vein 4 with only a somewhat longer tooth than at the other 
veins; the light spots of the upper surface sulphur-yellow; the black apex of the cell of the hindwing not 
separated from the ground-colour. Common everywhere in the Ethiopian Region, only rare in Madagascar 
and perhaps introduced there, ab. docusdemo Suff. has the light spots of the upper surface larger and the 
black apex of the cell of the hindwing completely enclosed by sulphur-yellow spots in the base of cellules 
2—6; German East Africa: Tabora. In ab. albicans Suff. the markings of the upper surface are white; Came- 
roons. The form with tan-coloured spots on the upper surface, ab. nubila Capr. (4 a), is only founded upon 
specimens which have darkened through discolouring. — In bennetti Dixey the spots of the upper surface are 
much smaller than in demodocus and completely separated on the forewing; the median band of the hindwing 
is only 4 mm broad in the cell; hindwing with a short tail at vein 4. Socotra Island. 
P. erithonioides Smith (9 b). Basal half of the cell of the forewing with a transverse row of small 
yellow dots; the red submarginal spot in cellule 1 c of the hindwing, placed behind the blue-bordered eye- 
spot, is almost completely separated from the yellow marginal spot of this cellule by a square black spot; hind¬ 
wing in the A only with a lobe, in the $ with a tail; the markings of the upper surface light yellow and ar¬ 
ranged as in demodocus. — Madagascar. 
P. morondavana Smith. Basal part of the forewing above only uniformly sprinkled with yellow scales; 
discal spots 2 and B of the forewing elliptically rounded off ; hindwing tailed at vein 4; otherwise very similar 
to demodoms. — Madagascar. 
P. menestheus. Hindwing at vein 4 with a tail 14 —20 mm long, which has light yellow spots at each 
side before the broadened tip. Wings with a common light median band, which on the forewing is more 
or less broken up into spots, and with light submarginal spots, of which those of cellules 1 b-—7 of the fore¬ 
wing are of equal size and placed in a straight line, and those of cellules 1 c and 7 of the hindwing are red. 
Frons black with two yellow longitudinal lines. Forewing in the A above with broad pilose stripes at veins 
1—4. — In menestheus Drury the markings of the upperside are light yellow; the median band of the fore¬ 
wing is distinctly curved basad at the costal margin, as the spot of cellule 7 is placed in the base of the cel¬ 
lule and that of 8 for the most part before the point of origin of vein 8 ; discal spots 1 a—6 of the forewing 
distally pointed or rounded; forewing 59—67 mm long. Sierra Leone to the Cameroons. ab. pygmaeus 
Auriv. has the markings of the upper surface white, and the forewing is only about 45 mm long; Cameroons. 
—- lormieri Dist. (8 b) differs from menestheus in that the median band of the fore wing runs in almost a straight 
line to the costal margin, as the discal spot in cellule 7 is placed beyond the base of the cellule and the spot 
in 8 entirely or for the most part beyond the point of origin of vein 8 . Gaboon, Congo region; Madagascar. 
—- ophidicephaius Oberth. (8 a) is a form which is regarded by many authors as a separate species. It ap¬ 
proaches the name-.ypical menestheus very closely, and can hardly be sharply differentiated from it; the 
yellow markings are somewhat larger, the median band of the forewing is therefore somewhat more conti¬ 
nuous and appears widened at the costal margin, as the spots in cellules 7 and 8 are usually larger than in 
menestheus ; the discal spots 2—6 of the forewing are usually almost obliquely cut off distally, though some¬ 
times rounded just as in menestheus ; the submarginal spots of the forewing beneath are enlarged and form 
an almost continuous submarginal band; the eye-spots of the hindwing are somewhat larger and more distinct. 
Cape Colony to British East Africa, ab. phalusco Suff. is distinguished by having the discal spots 7 and 
8 of the forewing so much prolonged distad that the median band forms a straight line; Natal. 
B. Aristolochia Papilios. 
Of this division, which is represented in Asia and America by numerous forms, only a single species 
occurs in the Ethiopian region. It is therefore sufficient here to refer to the characteristics of this group 
as given in treating of the other faunistic regions. J ) 
antenor. P. antenor Drury. (9 c). Tail, head and collar red; abdomen whitish, more or less suffused with red; 
hindwing with a long tail at vein 4; wings on both sides black, behind the middle of the hindwing sprinkled 
with grey scales, wings with large rounded white (G) or white-grey ($) discal and submarginal spots, also 
') See vol. I, p. 8; vol. V, p. 12; vol. IX, p. 11. 
