PAPILIO. By Dr. K. von Rosen. 
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P. paris chirsensis Rothsch. (Vol. I, pi. 5 b), the West and Central Chinese form, shows a'metal macula chinensi .*>•. 
reduced from behind. Its smaller spring form gemmifera Fruhst. (Vol. IX, p. 79) is lighter lustrous golden, the gemmifera. 
red lunar spots also beneath lighter and broader. Described from the mountains of Szechwan. 
P. ardurus Ww. (Vol. I, pi. 5 c). The race from North West India, arius Rothsch. in which the blue spot arias. 
of the hindwing extends somewhat farther to the base, and with smaller submarginal spots on both sides, was 
already described in Vol. IX (p. 80); in Cashmir it reaches the frontiers of the palaearctic region. The race from 
West China is ardurulus Fruhst., being smaller, extreme forms with strongly reduced green colouring, but arcturulus. 
connected by transitions with North-Indian ardurus Ww. ; porphyrians Oberth. deviates from it by larger red porphy- 
submarginal spots which are particularly conspicuous beneath; it corresponds to the aberrations prillwitzi 
Fruhst. of paris gedeensis Fruhst. and porphyria Jord. of polyctor ganesa Bsd. (Vol. IX, pi. 34 b). 
P. krishna charlesi Fruhst. (2 c) was described as follows: forewing almost quite black without green charlesi. 
scales, the yellow band narrower and indistinct, submarginal spots beneath red instead of violet. Eastern Tibet, 
Sialu. Such extreme specimens, however, are opposed by such as the one figured from Szechwan, which differ 
but little from Si kki m-forms; the penultimate submarginal luna before the anal eyespot is mostly quite absent 
in this race. 
Subgenus: Cosmodesmus Haase. 
P. (Iphiclides) podalirius L. *) (= sinon Poda, flammens Fourcroy). Since the 1st volume was published, 
a series of mostly insignificant deviations in colours and markings have also been described of this lepidopteron. 
We enumerate them here in an alphabetical order; part of them are monstra, faulty colours etc. atava Vrty. 
is based upon a specimen of the summer generation, the anal eyespot being double on one side only. caeca 
Manon has a blind eye of the hindwing, the blue colour of which is replaced by the ground-colours. - caecigenus 
Manon likewise shows a blind anal eyespot on the bindwing where there is a thick black dot instead of the blue 
colouring. - cohaerens Statterm. is an aberration of miegi, in which the 1st and 2nd bands after the basal band 
are connected so that only a small light triangle remains at the costal margin. In confluens Vrty. the anal 
eyespot is connected with the median band by a black spot. decolorafa Statterm. Light, anal eyespot with 
yellowish scales, the blue marginal lunae almost extinct. destrigata Schultz. The median band of the hindwing 
is absent altogether. diluta Selys. L. Feebly marked, tail curved. disiuiicta Gussich. The 4th transverse 
streak (counted from the margin) is divided into parts by a white cross-line. In dissociata Manon the last 
band but two is transversely parted. divisa Manon. The hindmost band is parted vertically. - In galenus 
Schidtz the very broad “band 3” only extends to the median vein, and the median band of the hindwing is 
shortened. interrupta Klem. shows the 4th transverse stripe interrupted in cell 4. lucifer Avin. (2 b) is the 
darkest aberration known, taken in the open air in the Gov. of Boltawa. Ground-colour greyish-black, orange 
band beneath inwardly whitish, marginal lunae blue. Orange spot large, recalling the species of the alebion- 
group, the rest of the marking normal. lugens Schultz (= caecus Statterm., coretas Statterm., non Emulates 
Lucas ?). Hindwing outside broadly dusted with black, the blue marginal lunae darkened, anal eyespot without 
blue colouring. melanosticta Trti. shows a small black spot 2 mm long in the cell of the forewing on the 
subcostal vein between the 3rd and 4th bands. minuslineata Vrty. exhibits instead of the short band of the 
forewing through the centre of the cell 2 black spots at the costal margin. nebulosiniaculata Sandb. is said 
to have occurred near Weilburg. All the black transverse bands are faded, particularly the one in the discal 
area of the fore wing. Next to the anal eyespot there is an oval dark spot, quite isolated from the eyespot and 
the distal band. -— nigrescens Him. shows the dark bands widened, particularly at. the margin of the 
forewing ( nigrescens Vrty. is a melanotic form with different bands). In nigromaculata Metschl. the blue 
anal eyespot and the orange spot are blackened. obsoleta Metschl. has reduced blue marginal lunae, the anal 
eyespot is almost quite rust-coloured yellow (vid. lugens Schultz). omata Wheel, has a broad orange stripe 
through the centre of the hindwing. omata Manon shows in the dark band at the cell of the hindwing a 
yellow interior line as ochreous as the surroundings of the anal eyespot. ornatissima Warn. (= flavo-lineata 
Statterm.) is an extreme form of omata, in which the orange stripe of the hindwing extends to the anal spot. 
In pallistriga Schultz of a yellowish ochre-colour the bands are brown. In privata Metschl. the median band 
is absent on the hindwing above. In pseudozancleus Metschl. the median band of the hindwing is lighter; 
abdomen dusted with grey, 1st generation. punctata Manon similar to decemlineatus , but in the forewing 
there is an ovoid black dot outside the small accessory band. In punctatus Schultz the short median stripe 
of the forewing has become a large circular spot at the costal margin. — In reductus Schultz we notice a great 
reduction of the marking, and the transverse bands are broken up into single stripes in the distal half of the 
podalirius. 
atava. 
caeca. 
caecigenus. 
cohaerens. 
confluens. 
decolor ata. 
destrigata. 
diluta. 
disiuncta. 
dissociata. 
divisa. 
galenus. 
interrupta. 
lucifer. 
lugens. 
melano¬ 
sticta. 
minus¬ 
lineata. 
nebulosi- 
maculata. 
nigrescens. 
nigromacu¬ 
lata. 
obsoleta. 
omata. 
ornatissima. 
pallistriga. 
privata. 
pseudozanc¬ 
leus. 
punctata. 
punctatus. 
reductus. 
*) We cannot discuss here VERITY’S opinion that LINXES description was given according to a specimen of the 
feisthameli- type (lotteri from Algier). 
