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Show 648 MR. W. L. DISTANT ON AFRICAN PAPILIONES. [J this are three spots-one just inside upper apical portion of cell, another about same size parallel to it just outside cell and upper disco-cellular nervule, third and smallest immediately above second- and two subapical spots of the same colour situated between third, fourth, and fifth subcostal nervules. Lower wing crossed by a green transverse fascia in continuation of, but slightly broader than that of the fore wing, toothed externally, extending through and beyond apical third of cell to near centre of abdominal margin, where it is again somewhat narrower. A submarginal row of nine rounded green spots situated one below first subcostal nervule, two wide apart te ween second subcostal nervule and discoidal nervule, and the other six in pairs closer together divided by the median nervules. Underside with the ground-colour and markings much as in P. vharopus, West., but upper wings with a submarginal row of four large, crescent-shaped sulphureous patches, situated between the second discoidal nervule and the first, second, and third median nervules. Lower wings with a submarginal row of twelve bright sulphur-coloured spots, situated in pairs between the nervules, and two others of the same colour, one at anal angle and one near lower fourth of abdominal margin. 5 . Above generally as in g . Underside with the four submarginal, sulphureous, crescent-shaped patches to fore wings, but the spots on the hind wings very obscure. Exp. wings, S 4\ in., § 4 ^ in. Hab. Magila, East Africa. Allied to P. charopus, West., from which it is at once distinguished by the narrow discal fascise above aud the different and bright sulphureous markings beneath. PAPILIO THERSANDER, Fab. Ent. Syst. iii. i. p. 32, n. 93 (1793); West. Arc. Ent. i. t. 38. f. 1, 2 (1842). Mr. Kirby in his ' Catalogue Diurn. Lepid.' p. 563, places this species as the female of P. phorcas, Cram. Mr. Horniman's collection, however, contains two male and two female specimens of P. thersander; and therefore such cannot be the case. The females agree with Westwood's figure beneath better than above, the transverse macular band of the fore wings being much more broken than is portrayed in that figure. The male differs from the female in having all the macular markings pale vellow instead of creamy white. The male specimens are localized " Aburie, Alccra." The female specimens have no locality affixed. PAPILIO CYPRAEAFILA, Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. v. p. 60 (1868). P. zenobia, Don. Nat. Rep. v. t. 179(1827); Luc. Lep. Ex. t. 24. f. 1 (1835). All the specimens of the above species in this collection received from Isubu, Mongo-ma-lobah, and Calabar agree with the figure of Lucas and differ from that of Donovan (who records his specimen from Sierra Leone) in the smaller size of the marginal white incisures to the hind wings and also in the shape and size of the broken macular |