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ORIENTAL ENTOMOLOGY.
FIGURE 2. & 2*.
PAPILIO CAUNUS. WESTW.
Papilio alis intcgerrimis, aiiticis fusco-nigris cymieo colore pone medium parran tiuctis, macula magna ad apicem
mi-ex discoidalis, strigisqne tribus pan-is approximatis, seriecjue submarginali punetorum albonun ; 'postieis nigrofuscis
cyaneo tiuctis, area discoidali alba strigisque elongatis radiautibus eyaneo albicautibus, seriequo submaa'ginale
puuctorivm alborum ; alis subtua fuscis maculis utin pagina superiori dispositis.
Papilio with the mugs very entii-e, the fore ones of a black-brown colour slightly glossed beyoud the middle ^Yith
a purple cyaneous tinge, with a large white spot at the extremity of the discoidal cell, below which are three short
bluish-white sti-eaks, the middle one longest, and a submarginal row of small white spots ; the hind wings are of the
same coloiu- as the fore ones, with the discoidal cell white, followed by a series of long bluish-white streaks, (the
space between the anal and discoidal vems having the wMte most extended,) also with a submarginal row of white
dots ; w-ings beneath fulvous brown, with white spots arranged as on the upper side ; (male.)
Expansion of the fore wings nearly 4 inches.
luhabitii Java (?) In the CoUection of H. G. Hai-rington, Esq.
OBSERVATIONS.—The only specimen I have seen of tliis supposed species is contained in Mr,
Harrington's Collection, received from Dr. Becker as the female of the preceding insect. The specimen,
however, is a male, and in general character, form of the vings, and arrangement of the veins, approaches
closely to P. paradoxus. It is, however, far from being so brilHantly glossed with bine as in that
species, and the distribution of the pale coloiu of the wings is different; the maximum of pale coloration
being within the discoidal cell, whereas iu the foregoing species it is beyond it. There is,
however, so much vai-iation in these spotted insects, that I shoiúd not be siuprised to find it ultimately
resolved into a vaiietyof P. paradoxus.
PIGURB 3.
PAPILIO ASTINA. HOBSFIELD MSS.
PapiHo aUs antieis oblonge-düatatis, marghie externo parmn emarginato, ai-ea discoidah valde elongata ; omnibus
luteo-fuscis ; antieis maculis duabus ovahbus poue medium serieque submarginali punetorum alborum, postieis parvis,
mtegris serie submarginali limularum albarum ; alis subtus simiHter coloratis.
Papilio with the fore wings oblongo-dilated, with the outer marghi slightly emargmate iu the middle, and the
discoidal cell (in all the wmgs) very much elongated ; aU the wings luteous-brown, the fore wings with two oval
white spots beyond the middle, and a submarginal row of white spots, wliich are continued on the hind wino-s in the
shape of hinules. The hind w-ings are small and entire ; all the wings beneath are similarly coloured and marked •
(female). Expansion of the fore wings, Scinches.
Inhabits Java. (Dr. Horsfield.) In the Collection of the East India Company.
OBSERVATIONS.—This insect was at first regarded as the female of P. paradoxus, but harág been
favoured by Dr. Horsfield with an opportunity of comparing his unique specimen with the male of
that species in the British Museum, several distinguishing characters are found to exist, which seem
sufficient to disprove such an opinion; such, for instance, as the great length of the discoidal cell, the
emission of the last branch of the sub-costal vein half-way from the extremity of the discoidal cell
and especially the subemarginate form of the fore wings, whereas in the two males above described
they have the outer margin rounded.* Hence Dr. Horsfield has proposed the name of Papilio (Zelima)
Astina for this insect, which I have great pleasure in adopting.
Papilio Lacedemon (Fabricius Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 36; Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 17, fig. ,3. Edit.
"Westw.) is neai-ly allied to this insect (as suggested to me by Mr. Edward Doubleday). Having
compared Donovan's figure with Jones's original drawing, I am aljle to state that that species has a
marginal row of triangular spots on the fore wings, in addition to the sub-marginal patches, and a submarginal
row of black lunules on the hind irings beneath, varied with whitish and pale-greenish scales.
I have not adopted the genus Zelima, as it presents no characters to distinguish it from Papilio.
The plant represented in the plate is the Begonia albo-coceinea.
* In various other species it is the males which have the wings emarginate, whilst they are rounded in the females.