'^'^° [December 



ated oil the indentation.s, fulvous, bordered with white exteriorly ; be- 

 tween the fourth and fifth indentations, the wing is produced into a 

 a short, obtuse, rounded tooth ; an anal spot, blood red, surmounted by 

 a violet blue arc ; expanse 5. 88 inches. 



Below, the fore wings as above ; the hind wing-s have the blue lu- 

 nules, complete, the red and marginal crescents also much larger; that 

 . one of the latter situated on the anal indentation, rises as a short ful- 

 vous dash into the first median interspace; nervules, ti'aversino- the 

 central white band, black. 



Body black ; yellow spots on the prothorax, first joint of palpi yel- 

 low; abdomen underneath rayed with yellow; anus, fulvous. 

 Ilab. — Australia, (In my collection.) 

 Australia, (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 

 Australia, (Coll. Boisd.) 

 "Australia, (Coll. Lacordaire.) " Boisd. 

 "New Guinea, (Coll. Jarden des Plantes.)" Boisd. 

 "Arrou Islands, (Coll. M. Payen.)" Boisd. 



Var. a. Pap. Erectheus. G. E. Gray, Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. Pt. I. p. 22. n. 99. (1S52). 



" List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. L p. (1866). 



With the marginal spots on the under surface of the secondary wings 

 deep orange, and the lunules of blue and buff, fewer in number. 

 Hah. ? (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 



Var. p. Pap. Erectheus. G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Br. Mus. Pt. L p. 22. n. 99. (1852). 

 Pap. Erectheus. var. Voy. au Pole Sud. Lep. t. 1. f. 1, 2. 



The under surface of the secondary wings with only a deep orange 

 spot at the anal angle. 



Hah. ? 4 



Var. y. Pap. Erectheus. Boisd., Sp. Gen. L p. 215. n. .31. (1836). 



" Differs in having the red lunules much less, and also preceded 

 by some blue atoms." — Boisd. 



Hah. — "Australia, (Laplace.) " — Boisd. 



22. Pap. Agamemnon, Linne. 



Pap. Ayaincmnon. Linn. Syst. Nat. II. p. 748. n. 22. (1767). 

 Herbst, Pap. t. 48. f. 1, 2. (1788). 

 Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 33. n. 98. (1793). 

 Esper, Ausl. Schraett. t. 46. f. 1, 2. f. 3. var. (1801). 

 Donovan, Ins. of China, t. 27. f. 2. (1805). 

 Godt. Encyc. IX. p. 46. n. 63. (1819). 



