49G [Decemrkr 



Nestorides Cressida. Hiibn., Zutr. t. 841, 842. (1818). 

 Cressida Heliconides. Swains. Zool. 111. 2nd ser. t. 94. (1832). 

 9 . Papilio Harmonia. Fabr. Ent. Syst. III. i. p. 20. n. 63. (1793). 

 Donov., Ins. of N. Holl. PI. 12. f. 1. (1805). 

 Papilio Harmonides. Godt. Encyc. IX. p. 76. n. 146. (1819). 

 Eiirycus Harmonia. Boisd. Sp. Gen. I. p. 393. n. 2. (1836). 

 % 9 Eurycm Cressida. Boisd. Sp. Gen. I. p. 393. n. 1, 2. il836). 



E. Doubled.. Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. (1844). 

 Diurnal Lepidopt., I. p. 24. n. 1. (1847). 

 G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 73. n. 338. (1852). 

 List. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pt. I. p. 86. (1856). 



Malr. — Upper surface: fore wiogs, oblong, diaphanous; the base. 

 and two rounded areolar transverse spots, black, the costal and exterior 

 borders, blackish. Inferior wings slightly dentate, black ; a white cen- 

 tral band, deeply dentate, especially on the exterior border, divided into 

 a number of spots by the black veins; disco-cellular nervules, marked 

 by a black luuule ; a sub-marginal row of five vermillion-red round spots, 

 all nearly or quite obsolete, with the exception of that one, nearest the 

 angle, which is always very distinct ; indentations narrowly edged with 

 \vhite ; expanse o.86 inches. 



Under surface, fore wings as above; hind wings not so black as above; 

 the red spots are all very distinct, and on the margin five large whitish 

 spots, placed upon the indentations. 



Body black, with the anus, two spots on each side of the thorax, and 

 the sides of the pro-thorax red ; palpi, white. 



Fem,ale. — " A little less than the male. Superior wings oblong, 

 semi-transparent, yellowish-white ; costa and apex, brownish, and a 

 small deep black spot at the extremity of the discoidal cellule. Infe- 

 rior wings slightly dentate, or the same color as the primaries, with a 

 broad brownish border, containing a row of five yellowish white spots, 

 very small, and rounded ; indentations of a yellowish-white. 



'' Under surface similar to the upper. 

 . "Body, black; anus red, and prothorax spotted with white." — 

 Boisd. 



Hah. — Australia. % . (In my Collection.) 

 Australia. % . (Coll. Boisd.) 

 Australia. S ? . (Coll. Brit. Mus.) 

 " Van Dieman's Laud." Swainson. 



