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1885, 51). Mr. H. J. Elwes records “a single specimen of the female taken in 
Sikkim in 1887, by Mr. 0. Moiler’s collectors—probably a straggler from the 
Plains” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 430). Mr. E. Blyth, writing from Papkoon, on the 
Yunzalin River, a tributary to the Salween, Burma, says, ‘ e I twice saw this fine 
butterfly ( Polymnestor ), which I had hitherto only seen from Lower Bengal 
(J. As. Soc. Beng. 1861, 392). 
ILIADES PARINDA (Plate 453, fig. 1, larva and pupa , la, g, lb, c, $ ). 
Iliades Parinda, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 148, pi. 60, fig. 1, la, ?, lb, c, larva and pupa 
(1881). 
Papilio Polymnestor Parinda , Rothschild, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 330 (1895). 
Imago. —Male. Upperside similar to J. Polymnestor. Forewing with the pale 
bluish-grey band somewhat broader posteriorly. Hindiving with the pale bluish-grey 
outer area usually extending from across middle of the cell. Underside similar to 
Polymnestor. Forewing with the outer vein-streaks more distinctly ochreous 
anteriorly. .Hindwing with the outer discal area more distinctly ochreous. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing fuliginous-black ; with the cell and outer vein 
streaks pale greyish-ockreous, the latter palest or ochreous-white hindward, being 
longer and broader than in same sex of Polymnestor, those from the middle median 
upward are united at their base, and extend inward to the cell; basal cell patch 
crimson. Findwing similar to the male, except that the outer area is paler, and 
inwardly more or less tinged or clouded with pale ochreous. Underside. Basal 
patches dark crimson. Forewing with the cell-streaks and the vein-streaks pale 
greyish-ochreous, the latter longer and extend inward to the cell from the lower 
median. Hindiving with the outer area, from within apex of the cell, more uniformly 
tinted with pale ochreous than on the upperside. 
Expanse, 5J to 6 inches. 
Larva. —Smooth, glossy-green; with a whitish lateral lower band from sixth to 
anal segment, a broad similar coloured band obliquely ascending the eighth and 
ninth, and a similar band on the tenth segment; anterior shield edged with white, 
its posterior dorsal end bordered by a transverse blackish-marked crest, a similar 
crest also across the fourth segment ending on each side in a large ocellated spot. 
Leeds on Citrus decumana. 
Pupa.—G rreen or olive-brown. 
Distribution and Habits. —“An abundant species in the low country and lower 
hill districts in Ceylon. The females are much rarer than the males. It is a very 
conspicuous insect on the wing. The larva feeds on Rutacem, especially on the 
plants of the genus Citrus ” (Dr. N. Manders, J. As. Soc. Beng. 1899, 222). Mr. 
