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PAPILIO. By Dr. C. Aurivillius. 
medesaga. 
adamastor. 
almansor. 
carche- 
donius. 
Uganda. 
poggianus. 
philonoe. 
cellule 8) does not reach the front margin of the cell; forewing deep black at the base, much darker than 
in the discal half; the basal spot in cellule 2 of the hindwing incised distally; hindwing with two sub¬ 
marginal and two discal streaks each in cellules 2 to 4 or 5. Ashanti and Togo. ab. medesaga Suff. only 
differs in that the forewing has a small spot in the apex of the cell and a double submarginal spot in cellule 
6 ; Togo. 
P. adamastor Bdv. (8 c) is very similar to the preceding species and only differs in that the trans¬ 
verse spot of the cell of the forewing is larger and reaches the front margin of the cell, the discal spot in cel¬ 
lule 2 on the contrary is smaller and rounded or entirely wanting, so that the median hand is here inter¬ 
rupted. — Ashanti and Togo. 
P. almansor Honr. Markings white; median band of the forewing also broadly interrupted in cellule 
2, as the discal spot of this cellule is absent or very small; the transverse spot of the cell of the forewing 
reaches the front margin of the cell, but is rather broadly separated from the discal spot in cellule 3; hind¬ 
wing without discal dots and with indistinct or partly absent submarginal dots, the apex of the cell filled 
in with white; the cell of the forewing with a white apical spot; the discal spot in cellule 1 b of the fore¬ 
wing does not reach so far basad as the spot in 1 a and is therefore shorter. —- Ashanti and Angola. 
P. carchedonius Karsch (9 c) only differs from almansor in that the discal spots in 1 a and 1 b of the 
forewing are both obliquely rounded off proximally and the cell of the forewing has no apical spot. — Togo 
and Congo region. 
P. Uganda Lathy. Nearly allied to both the last-named species; the white markings of the fore¬ 
wing are much reduced, consisting only of three short streaks in the middle of the cell, small discal spots in 
1 a, 1 b and 3, two streaks in cellule 6, a broken discal spot in 8 and submarginal dots in 1 b, 2, 3 and 6; 
the discal spot in 1 a is placed much nearer to the base than that in lb; the transverse band of the hind¬ 
wing is somewhat yellowish, covers the apex of the cell and is incised in cellules 2 and 6, but without discal 
spots. —- Uganda. 
P. poggianus Honr. Larger, the Jength of the forewing about 48 mm., the markings whitish; fore¬ 
wing without submarginal spots; in the cell, opposite to cellule 3, a large transverse spot which reaches the 
front margin of the cell and is united with three long discal spots in cellules 2-—4; the discal spot in cellule 
2 is very long, almost reaching the margin, but narrow, so that it only covers the anterior part of the cel¬ 
lule; the discal spots in 1 a and 1 b consequently form a free hindmarginal spot, which almost reaches the 
margin, but is rather far removed from the base; the discal spots in 6 and 8 arranged almost exactly as in 
the other species; the transverse band of the hindwing broad, almost reaching the base and the apex of the 
cell; the broad dark submarginal band in each of cellules 2—-5 with two long whitish, somewhat irregular 
streaks. — Angola. 
P. philonoe Ward (7 a) differs from all the preceding forms in that the discal spots of cellules 1 a 
and 1 b of the forewing cover the base of these cellules; the submarginal spots of cellules 4—8 of the fore¬ 
wing are single, rounded and rather large, those of the hindwing on the contrary represented in each cellule 
by two streaks; the basal spots of cellules 2, 3 and 6 of the hindwing are sharply defined distally, trans¬ 
versely cut off or rounded; the cell of the forewing before the middle with three white dots in a transverse 
line, then a large transverse spot divided into three parts by the dark folds and finally at the apex two white 
dots; the discal spots of cellules 2—4 of the forewing are usually rounded and more or less separated. — 
German and British East Africa. 
Policenes Group. 
Hindwing with a long, narrow tail of uniform width at vein 4. Frons black with white lateral margins. 
Wings above with green or greenish white markings. Cell of the forewing with 5 — 6 transverse bands or spots. 
Both wings with submarginal spots. Hindwing beneath with a so-called ornamental band, formed of red spots. 
Besides the markings already mentioned the forewing has a spot at the base of cellules 1 a and 1 b, an oblique 
transverse streak in the basal part of these cellules and 8 discal spots, one each in cellules 1 a — 6 and 8; the 
hindwing has a narrow transverse band at the base, a narrow median band which consists only of three spots 
(in the cell and in cellules 2 and 7) and usually also 7 discal spots in cellules 1 c — -7, of 'which, however, that in 
1 c is red. The larva has four pairs of spines, one pair each on the 1., 2., 3. and penultimate segments. The 
pupa is very angularly widened at the beginning of the abdomen and has a long hump on the mesothorax. 
1. Subgroup. 
Hindwing in the apex of the cell with an additional light spot which is sometimes more or less united 
with the spot of the median band. The discal spot in cellule 3 of the hindwing is elongated and nearly or quite 
reaches the base of the cellule. Wings beneath spotted with red at the extreme basal margin. Cell of the fore¬ 
wing behind the fifth transverse streak unicolorous, without spots. 
