PAPILIONID.X. Liach. The butterfly family of the order Lepidoptera, Linn., comprising the genera, Ornithopteras, Boisd. ; Papilio, Linn. ; Pontia, Fabr. ; Pteris, Schr.; Callosnne, Doubl. ; Doubl. ; Thestias, Boisd. ; Hebomoia, Hubs. ; Eronia, flubs. ; Callidryas, Boisd. ; Terias, Swain. The genus Papilio includes all the flies. The insects composing it have mostly thin and longated ;interim terminated by a club. They are all day-fliers. Their larvm, which are variously ,haped, have six pectoral, eight abdominal, and two nal feet. The pup? are usually angulated, and, with a few exceptions, naked. The perfect insect -arks in size from less than an inch across the wings when expanded to nearly a foot in breadth. Equally variable are their colouring and outlines. They re short-lived. Their powers of flight are very 'seat, and the mode of flight varies in the several The males are usually more gaily coloured han the females. The Papilionidm, .ailed butterflies, from their large size and gorgeous ::olouring, are more frequently collected than other nsects. Sikkim boasts a profusion of beautiful insects, amongst which the British swallow-tail butterfly (I'. =dawn) disports itself hi company with magnificent black, gold, and scarlet winged butterflies of the Trojan group, so typical of the Indian tropics. Parini° Ulysses, one of the largest of the tribe, is common at Ainboytia. It flies with a rather weak, undulating motion. It is in Northern India, the Malay Island's and S. America where these fine insects occur in the greatest profusion. In continental Asia, G5 specks have been de scribed, and 130 species in the Eastern Archi pelago, from the Malay Peninsula to near New Guinea. — Eng. CyC. ; I Vallace ; Hooker's Him. Jour. See Insects ; Natural History.
PAPIONINsE, a sub - family of mammal's including the true baboons of Africa and the monkey-like baboons of India, viz.— /nuns silenns, lion monkey.
Simia leonina, Shaw. I Silenus veter,Gray,Hsral., S. silenus, Linn. Blyth.
Nil-bandar, . . Nalla-mantbi,. 3IAL.
Siab-bandar, . . IIm o.
The lion monkey is a native of the more elevated forests of the Western Ghats of India, from lat. 15e N. to the extreme south, but is most abund ant in Cochin and Travancore. It does not occur in Ceylon, and though called so by Buffon, it is not the wanderoo, which is a species of presby tea. It is of a somewhat sulky and savage disposition, and is with difficulty taught to perform any feats of agility or mimicry.
muss rhesus, the Bengal monkey.
Maeacus rhesus, Deem. I Pithex oinops,Hodgs.,Hor.
Janus erythrmus, Schreb. I Papio rhesus, Ogilby. Banur, . BENG. I Bandar, . . . Hiss).
Piyu, . . . . Bum Sulu, . .• This is the common monkey of all N. India, extending up to 4000 and 5000 feet in the Ilima laya, and south to about lat. 18° or 19° N. to Gumsur and near Nagpur. It frequents all the forests and groves in the open country, and in Northern India may be seen in many towns and villages. It is very easily tamed and made to exhibit various feats of agility.
Anus pelops, the hill monkey.
Dracaeus pelops, Hodgson. I 3L.Assamensis, 111'Ck11. Occurs in Assam and Darjiling.
Inuus nemestrinus of Tenasserim and Malayana. Inuits leoninns, Blyth, of Arakan, perhaps the same as I. arctoides of Is. Geoff.
llfacacus radialus, the Madras monkey. Cereopitheeus radiatus,Simla sinks, Linn., Elliot, Kuhl. I Blyth, floral.
Mu nga CAN. Makadu MAHE.
Bandar, . . . HIND. I Wanur, Keda, .
Vella-manthi, . MALEAL. Koti , The Madras monkey is to bo seen all over the southern parts of India, extending north to lat. 18° N., where it is replaced by luuus rhesus ; it lives in the dense jungles, also in populous towns., and carries off fruit and grain from the •dealers with great coolness and address. It is the monkey most commonly met in menageries, and led about to show feats of agility. It is the most inquisitive and mischievous of its tribe.
Macacus pileatus, Shaw, of Ceylon, is the Simla pileatus, Linn.
Macacus cynomolgos, Linn., of Burma.
.Macacus carbonarius, E Cuc.—JertIon's .1fam