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NEW EORMS OP ORIENTAL PAPILIOS. 



By the HON. WALTER EOTHSOHILD, Ph.D. 



1. Papilio semperi baglantis snbsp. nov. 



?. Hindwing above with submarginal and discal reddish spots, which are innch 

 smaller than on the underside, the anterior spots of the discal row being absent 

 from both sides ; outer margin with whitish grey border. 



Hab. Negros. 



Two specimens. 



2. Papilio semperi aphthonia snbsp. nov. 



?. The spots of the hindwing nearly as large above as beneath, the discal row 

 complete on both sides. 

 Ilab. Mindanao. 



A few specimens in various collections. 

 Type in the Tring Museum. 



3. Papilio kuehni mesolamprus snbsp. nov. 



? . Paler than the ? of P. k. kuehni. The disc of the hindwing above with 

 a large diffuse reddish grey patch. The red spot of the underside rather larger than 

 in huehni. 



Hah. Toli-Toli, North Celebes (H. Frnhstorfer). 



One ?. 



4. Papilio neptunus doris snbsp. nov. 



S 9 . The black basal area of the forewing above and beneath not qnite reaching 

 to the base of the second median vein, the light median area very pale, almost pure 

 white beneath towards hindmargin, the black band-like area very deep in colour. 

 Hindwing with three sjjots above and three or four beneath. 



Ilab. North Borneo. 



A series. 



5. Papilio neptunus padanganus snbsp. nov. 



c? ?. The black areas of tlie forewing almost as deep black as in the preceding 

 subsjiccies, the postmedian black area broader than the grey median one ; the grey 

 streak situated below the second median vein not reaching to the cell, the black 

 streaks placed before and below this vein as long as in P. n. sumatmna Hag. (1894) 

 from North-East Sumatra. 



Hab. West Sumatra : Padang and Padang Sidempoeau. 



A series. 



6. Papilio liris savuanus suljsp. nov. 

 <? ? . The median band of the hindwing as broad as in P. I. lin's, but paler grey 

 beneath, and in most specimens shaded with black above. 

 Hab. Savu (A. Everett). 

 A series. 



