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with the green basal area by diffuse green scaling in front of SC^ The patch 



SC' — R' is trapezoidal, and is mostly followed by a small patch behind R^ From 



reginae it difters in the shorter patch SC' — R', and in the more extended green 

 npperside of the hindwing. 



?. The white and yellow patches are much smaller than in reginae and 

 victoriae, the ? agreeing best with that of regis, having, however, the submarginal 

 spots larger. 



Hab. Isabel, Solomon Islands, 4. vi. to 9. vii. lUUJ (A. S. Meek), a series of 

 both sexes. 



2. Papilio eurypylus. 



In our Revision of the Papilios of the Eastern Hemisphere, Nov. Zool. II. 

 p. 429. n. 180 (1895), we have confounded two sj)ecies nnder P. enri/pglas, namely 

 P.jason and P. eurypylus, the former occurring in various forms from Continental 

 Asia to Celebes and the lesser Snnda Islands, the latter from Continental Asia to 

 the Bismarck Archipelago and Australia. It will require some careful work to 

 unravel the synonymy of the numerous subspecies of the two species, which work 

 we cannot carry out just at present. We only draw attention to the fact that there 

 are two distinct species occurring together in many places, differing in i)attern 

 and structure. 



3. Papilio meeki sp. nov. (Fig. A.). 



?. Body similar to that o? agamemnoyi. Wings broad, hindwing more rounded 

 than in any of the allied species, resembling in this respect P. ivallacei. SC of 



forewing anastomosing with C, SC^ free. 

 Upperside : forewing with the bluish green 

 markings disposed as in agamemnon, the 

 discal ones M^ — SM- small, submarginal 



spot M- — (SM') long. Hindwing: a small 



snb-basal, a larger median, and a large, 

 rounded, submarginal spot C— SC^ white, 

 an interrupted, oblique streak in cell bluish 

 green, an oblique, ovate, discal spot SC^ — R' 

 pale bluish green, like the other discal spots 

 R' — M-, which are more or less merged 

 together with the enlarged submarginal spots; 

 these concave distally, the ])osterior ones with 

 some white scaling at the edges ; a white 

 streak in abdominal fold. 



Underside : markings as above, but 

 scaled white ; hindwing with an obscurely 

 marked red bar C — SC" outside the sub- 

 basal spot, aud some red scales behind 

 M^ proximally of the submarginal spot, 

 which is merged together with the mar- 

 ginal luuule. 



Length of forewing : 53 mm. 



Fig. a. 



Ilab. Isabel, Solomon Islands, 4 vi. to 9. vii. 1901 (A. S. Meek), 1 ?. 



