( I9ti ) 



absence of the '• bniud " from Uie forewings of the nuile it comes nearest to 

 T. paraclineus (Staudiug.). 



cJ. One of my two specimens has two yellow spots within the yellowish green 

 costal band of the forewings. The tluee submargiual s[iots aud the yellow markings 

 of the hindwings \ ary in size. 



? . The number and size of the white spots of the forewings are inconstant ; the 

 markings on the disc behind the cell are esjiecially lialile to obliteration. The white, 

 interner\ alar, marginal fringe is often much reduced. 



Hch. Waigeu (2 J, 4 $): [New liuinea ?, probably eryoneons], 



■'>. Troides paradiseus (.Stauding.) [(?,?, larva, pupa]. 



(J. Oniitliojitem jmriidiiiea Staudinger, Enl. Niii:hr. p. 177 (June 1893) (Germuii N'ew Guinea); 



id., Iris VII. p. ;iyl). t. G. f. 1 (<^) (1894). 

 cJ ? . Ornithoplirti sclioenbergi Pagenstecher, Jahrb. Xuss. Ver. Nat. p. 29. & 83. t. 5 (^J). t. 4 ( J ) 



(1893) (Finistcrre Mts.) : id., I.e. p. 70 (1894) {kirm noticed). 

 (J. Schoenberi/ia jmriulisea Pagenstecher, I.e. p. 35 (1893). 

 (J $. Schoenlntrgid (!) jmradisea, Rippon, Icm. Ornith. te.xt (1895). 

 (J$. Schoaibergia jmmdisea, Rippon, I.e. text & plate (1895) [Sell. jKiiwIiseu Pagenstecher and 



" Rippon " (sic .') 0)1 jtlate]. 



The third subcostal uervule of tlie forewings originates exactly al the apex 

 of the cell. 



6. The hindwings are jn-olouged into a thin, long tail; forewings without 

 " brand." 



5. The marginal white spots are restricted to the marginal fringe itself, and are, 

 therefore, much smaller than in T. priamus (L.). The white markings of the wings 

 not quite constant. 



Caterpillar similar to that of T. vlctoriae (Gray). 



Hab. German New Guinea ('2 6,2 j). 



(>. Troides victoriae (Gray) [cJ,?. lai\a. pupa]. 



? . Omithoptem victoriae (Gray), P. Z. S. p. 7. t. 39 ( $ ) (I80G) (P,ilri,i ?) ; id., List Lfj,. Ins. B. M. 



1. p. 3. n. 9 (1856) : Butl., P. Z. S. p. 289. n. 88 (1874). 

 ? . Pcqnlio victoriae, Felder, Virh. z. b. Gis. ITick p. 290. n. 7. & p. 332. n. 5 (18G4) (Oceania). 

 <J ?. Ornitho/itera ridoriae, Salvin, P. Z. S. p. 118. n. 2. t. 4 (jj & larv.) (1888) (Guadalcanar, 



Solomon Is.) ; Woodford, Ibid. p. 25U (1888) ; Fickert, Zool. Juhrbiich. p. 722. t. 21. f. 2 ((J). 



3 ( ? ) (1889) ; Haase, Vnti-rmch. iih. .Vim. p. 24 (1893). 

 (J ? . Troides vicUiriae, Rothschild, Entomol XXVIII. p. 78 (1895) (Guadalcanar). 

 cj ?. Aetheoptera victvriae, Rippon, Ron. Ornith. text * plates (1895). 



As this species has already been found on (ruadalcanar, Maleita, the Short land 

 Islands, and on Bougainville I. (Mr. Woodford also saw a male in the Kubiana Lagoon), 

 it is most probable that it occurs on all the islands of the Solomon group. The 

 sjjecimens from ditt'erent islands exhibit some obxious differences and form three local 

 races, which number will certainly be increased in future, when we know the insects 

 from the islands of Choiseul, San Christoval, etc. 



(«) : T. victoriae (Gray) inhabits Guadalcanar ; 

 (6) : T. vidoo-lae re;jinae (Salv.) occurs on .Maleita ; 

 (c) : T. victoriae retjiH Kothsch. was discovered on Bougainville and Alu. 

 The tvpe of viclwiae came undoublidly from Guadalcanal- Island, as Mr. (). 

 Salvin (Z.c.) has pointed out. 



The third subcostal branch of the forewings originates mostly beyond tlic ajiex of 

 the cell ; sometimes it stands al the apex of the cell, as in T. ijaradiseas (Stauding.) ; 



