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Show 258 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [_?<*>• 2 similar ; marginal row of spots somewhat larger, less conical, and all entire. Expanse 3 inches. •w^v'u.. Hab. Kangra district. In coll. Rev. J. H . Hocking. SARBARIA, n. g. Fore wing comparatively longer and of less breadth than in typical Achillides (A.paris), the exterior margin being more oblique ; the male1 with a tomentose (glandular) streak on the submedian and three lower median veins, and another between the submedian and lower median : hind wing of less breadth, and more deeply scalloped. Type S. polyctor. SARBARIA POLYCTOR. Papilio polyctor, Boisd. Spec. Gen. Lep. i. p. 205 (1836); Jacq. Voy. Inde, iv. Ins. pl. 1. f. 1, 2; Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 403, pl. 1. " Taken in June." SARBARIA PEEROZA, n. sp. Allied to polyctor, Boisd. (Jacq. Voy. pl. 1. f. I). Differs in being compaiativelv smaller, with shorter hind wing and smaller tail, the irrorations of a more golden-green colour, and the woolly streaks of the male somewhat shorter. On the hind wing the broad anterior portion of the band is shorter, and of a turquoise-blue (not purple-blue as in polyctor); the slender hind part of the band is also less distinct in male, and obsolete in female. Expanse, d 31, $ 3| inches. Hab. Dharmsala (March). In coll. British Museum. PAPILIO ASIATICA. Papilio machaon, Gray, Lep. Ins. Nepal, p. 6, pl. 3. f. 1 (nee Linn.). Pap. machaon, var. asiatica, Menetr. Catal. Mus. Petr., Lep. i. p. 70(1855). " Larva on parsnip, July 9th. Perfect insect emerged August 6th. 6200 feet. Also found on the samp, a kind of fennel, on March 20th." ORPHEIDES ERITHONIUS. Papilio erithonius, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 232. f. A, B (1782). ** Larva on orange-tree, Dharmsala, M a y 23 ; pupa, June 3. BYASA, n. g. Fore wing lengthened, somewhat narrow, triangular ; costa much arched, apex not pointed ; exterior margin very long and extremely oblique, slightly convex anteriorly ; posterior margin short: hind wing very long hindward, narrow ; costa and abdominal margin very short; exterior margin deeply scalloped, and with a very broad short 1 In Achillides tbe males have no tomentose streaks. |
