PAPILIONIN^. 
107 
either green or brown. The butterflies have the forelegs perfect and use them in walking. The 
palpi are very short and hardly seen, viewing the insects from above. The males often have long 
white silky hairs springing from the inner or abdominal margin of the bindwing on the upperside, 
usually concealed by a natural fold of the margin, which turns over on these hairs. They are 
conspicuous in P. sarpedon , P. agcimcmnon and others of that group ; but the sexes in this 
Family are easy to distinguish, as the anal clasps of the are large and not concealed by thick hairs 
or scales. The eggs of the Papilionince are globular and smooth. January, February and 
December are the only months when butterflies of this Family are scarcely to be seen here, and it 
the season is unusually propitious many emerge during the end of February. 
Papilio aristolochise, Cram. 
I have never seen this insect in the neighbourhood of Macao, and it is very scarce at 
Hongkong. Commander Walker says it is common in the Chusan islands, and it occurs at 
Shanghai. It is perhaps sometimes mistaken for the “red” female of P. polytes , but its shape 
and the crimson on the abdomen readily distinguish P. aristolochice at some distance. It seems 
to have become rarer of late years at Hongkong. This butterfly frequents wooded country, and 
has the usual habits of the genus. The £ and $ are practically alike. 
Fig. 6, PI. XII is from a $ taken in May. 
Papilio paris, Linn. 
Variety chinensis , Rothschild. One of the loveliest of the butterflies here, and fairly 
common, with the usual Papilio habits and characteristics—sometimes feeding very intently at 
Lantana and a few other flowers, but chiefly wandering swiftly up and down shady paths and 
following the outskirts of woods, often - diving into jungle and threading its way through the foliage, 
or on the other hand soaring over tree-tops. This insect ranges northwards to Peking, where it is 
common. 
Fig. 1, PI. XII is from a J of October, but the sexes are practically alike—the ? nothing 
inferior to the $ in brilliancy. 
Egg, globular, smooth, yellowish ; laid singly. 
Larva, just hatched, brownish. When young, of a general light green, the second, third 
and fourth segments, as is usual in Papilio larvae, much swollen ; two processes on each of these 
segments, those on the second seg. being largest. Last seg. yellowish, with two processes, 
one each side. A white suffused dorsal patch or smear on the fifth and sixth segs., extending 
down the sides. The larva, as in most young Papilio larvae, has a very shiny or varnished 
appearance. Later, head and general colour light green, a whitish blotch on the fifth and sixth 
segs., and a white, irregular line just above the prolegs. Two processes on the second and 
two on the last segment, the other processes having become practically obsolete. Half-grown, 
general colour a bright moss-green, the processes on the anterior segs. obsolete, the two on the 
last seg. very small and of a light yellow. A white tumous line or band over the back, follow¬ 
ing near the articulation of the fifth and sixth segs., and continuing laterally to the head, where 
