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Show 1893.] BRITISH C E N T R A L AFRICA. 667 123. PAPILIO LEONIDAS. Papilio leonidas, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 35, n. 103 (1793). Zomba, December 1892. 124. PAPILIO CORINNEUS. Papilio corinneus, Bertoloni, M e m . Ace. Bologna, 1849, p. 9, pi. 1. figs. 1-3. Zomba, July 1892. 125. PAPILIO NIYINOX, sp. n. Black-brown, with semitransparent snow-white markings above; general character of markings similar to those of P. corinneus, excepting that the large spot near the end of the cell and the small one beyond it are so much enlarged that an oblique black line alone divides them, that the oval spot above the third median branch is lengthened and widened so as to form an oblique belt with the above-mentioned discoidal spots, from which it is only separated by the black median vein; that the large patch in the lower (first) median interspace is represented by a large or small oval patch occupying the centre af the interspace ; the two subapical spots are rounded and well separated, and, as already mentioned, all the white markings are snow-white, whereas in P. corinneus they are greenish white : on ths under surface the crimson in the cell is deeper and only occupies the basal half, the outer half of the cell being jet-black ; the apical area is deep rufous-brown ; the abdominal area of the secondaries is deep crimson to the first median branch; the ochreous spot is obliquely truncated internally; the external area extends inwards so as to fill the second median interspace, and within the cell it extends upwards along the base of the second subcostal branch ; instead of being ochreous with a reddish clay-coloured band from the ochreous anal spot, it is reddish clay-coloured with a black band; as above also the markings are snow-white instead of greenish. Expanse of wings 85 millim. Two examples, Lake Mweru. This is a far more beautiful species than P. corinneus, the contrasts of colouring on both surfaces being much more defined and tasteful; in point of form it differs in the slightly less inarched outer margin of the primaries and more regularly rounded outer margin of the secondaries. 126. PAPILIO DEMOLEUS. Papilio demoleus, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 214 (1764). Lake Mweru; Zomba, December 1892. 127. PAPILIO OPHIDICEPHALUS. Papilio ophidicephalus, Oberthiir, Etudes, iii. p. 13 (1878). Lake Mweru. |
