( n)(i ) 



((fS) : No name. 



Oriiitlio/ilfra pfflams vnr.. KilNcb, Millh. JAo''. ihrvliii I. p. 111. snli ii. I. t. 5. f. 2 (1S77) (Dutch 

 New Guinea). 



AVliite iiiitch witliiu cell of forewings obliterated ; discal markings present ; tear- 

 sliajx'il markings to hiudwings very short. 



(f-) : No name. 



White pi»U'h of cell of forewings occupying nearly the whole of the cell. 



(jj-) : $-ab. archkUus (Gray). 



Oriiilhoplera priamiis var., Boisduval, Voi/. AMnlfibe. Lep. p. 35. sub n. 1. t. 4. f. 1. i (1832i 



(•'Celebes" loc. err.) ; id., Spec. Gin. Lep. I. p. 174. sub n. 1 (1836) ("Celebes" loc. err.). 

 Pupilio archUlrus Oray, Caf, Lrp. Im. B. .1/. I. p. 3. n. 4 (18."<2) ("'Celebes" loc. err.) ; id., Lift Lep. 



fits. B. M. T. p. 2. n. 4 (185G) (-'Celebes" loc. err). 

 PapiUo arclii<l'iei(.H, Felder, \'erh. .:. I,, (tes. Il'Vn p. 290. u. 19. & p. 333. n. 14 (ISlU) ("Celebes? ' 



loc. err.). 

 Oriiithnplera posnidon var. nrrhidetis, Wallace, Tr. Linn. !ioc. Loml. W\ p '.K «iil> n 2 (181551 



(Waigeu) ; Fickert, Zoot. Juhrb. p. 709, n. 10 (1889). 



(^ell of the hindwings with a white spot at the apex. 



Tliis aberration is apparentl\' the usual form of the ? on Waigeu, but it is neither 

 contiued to that island nor do all \\'aigeu specimens belong to arcMdeus. 



(/«-') : ?-ab. kirschi (Oberth.). 



Ornilhoptera peijasus var., Eirscb, Millh. ^fus. Dremlm I. p III. sub n. 1. t. .'i. f. 1 (1877) (Xew 



G uinea). 

 Ornithuplera arruana ab. kirschi Oberthiir, Et. d'Ent. XII. p. 1. sub n. 2 (1888). 



Cellular patch of the forewings and markings of the hindwings more or less 

 yellow on tlie upperside. 



(i-) : ?-ab. goHath (Oberth.).^ 



Ornilhopiera arruana ab. r/oliafh Oberthiir, El. cVEnl. XII. p. 1. sub ii. 2 (1888) (Hub. ?). 

 Ornithoptera goliuth Oherlhur, El. d'Eiil.XlX. p. 1. t. 4. f. 19 1 18941 (Waigeu ) Dorey ? ). 



3Ir. Oberthiir considers this insect to be eitlier a large form of T. pamdiaeus 

 (Standing.) or a distinct species. It is distinguished, according to Oberthiir, by its 

 superior size, the forewing having a length of 125 mm., by the eyes being bordered 

 with white, and by the pattern of the wings resembling that of paradiseus. 



The figure in Et. d'Ent. XIX. is unfortunately a liad one: f had, however, a 

 photograph of the type kindly lent to me by .Mr. Ripiion, which shows that .Mr. 

 Oberthiir's first identification, in my opinion, was correct. It is well known, and 

 scientifically explained by Dr. Pagenstecher, that the neuration of T. pinradiseus 

 (Standing.) differs from that of T. priamus (L.) especially in the position of the third 

 subcostal nervule of the forewings and in the superior length of that part of the sub- 

 costal vein that lies between the end of the cell and the origin of the fourth braiu-h. 

 In the photograph of goUatk the third subcostal vein originates a good way before the 

 end of the cell, as in T. pjriamus (L.), while the fourth subcostal nervule branches off 

 almost as far from the end of the cell as in T. paradiseus (Standing. ). As the third 

 subcostal vein stands just at the end of the cell in all examples of T. paradiseus, and 

 before the end of the cell in T. priamns and goiiath, as further the jwsition of the 

 fourth subcostal vein is extremely variable in priamus, it seems to me to be clear 

 enough that, judging from the neuration alone, we must regard (jolialh as being an 

 extreme form of T. priam'is — that is to say, an i-xtreme aberration of T. priamwi 

 vofteidon (I)oul)l.). 



