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S. The black abdominal border of the hindwings extends often beyond the 

 lower median nervules ; sometimes it includes a yellow streak of variable size situated 

 along the median nervure. The whitish adner\ular streaks assume sometimes a 

 yellowish colour behind the cell. The yellow abdomen has on each side of the fifth 

 and sixth segments a dorso-lateral black spot, and a dorso-median spot on the eighth 

 segment. 



5. The white border to the cell of the forewings varies from extending down to 

 the base of the wing to being restricted to the apical third of the cell; the white 

 .streaks along the median and discoidal nervules are narrow and sliarply defined. On 

 the hindwings the fir.st yellow discal mark liehind the costal nervure is varialile 

 in size. The middle of the underside of each abdominal segment is occupied by one 

 large or two smaller lilack .spots. 



//'(/). S. India (.Malabar, Travancore, Nilgiris, Bombay; 'J J, 12 jj. 



12. Troides vandepolli (Snellen) [(?,?]. 



S ?. l'<i!Jili" raiiilejioUi Snelleu, TiJ,l.<rlu: r. KnI. XXXIII. p. -'2 (isyil) (Preangpr Mts.. .'.ono t" 



5500 feet). 

 Ornitlu.ptern rn,„lq,„!!i, Frulistorfer, Bcrl. Eiit. Zeit^chr. XXXIX. p. L'41. t. 17. f. 1 ( J, ? ) (1S'.)4). 



This is a most excellent species, with a broad discoidal cell to tlie hindwings of 

 both sexes. 



(a) : T. vandepolli (Snellen), forma typ. [c?, ?]. 



The underside and the sides of the fourth to eighth abdominal segments are 

 yellow, with two rows of black ventral spots. Tliere are no red pectoral spot* 

 underneath the wings. 



cJ. The yellow cellular spot of the hindwings has always an ovate shape. On 

 the underside of the hindwings there is a marginal, rather ill-defined, yellow mark 

 between the second and third median nervules, which often assumes the form of the 

 letter U ; many specimens have a transverse yellow bar before this mark. 



J. The two small yellow markings between the costal and subcostal veins of the 

 hindwings are sometimes connected with one another and form a large lunule, the 

 concave side of which is directed towards the subcostal vein. Kelow, the posterior 

 marginal bnfT lunules are mostly joined to the discal creamy or yellowish buff' area 

 by means of a buffish scaling forming one or two short longitudinal strsaks in tlie 

 cellules between the median veins. 



Hah. Java, at higher elevations (H. Frulistorfer: Mt. (iede. 4000 feet, August 

 1892; 8 c?, 6 ? ). 



{h}: T. vandepolli honrathianus (Martin) [J,?]- 



?. Omithnptera hnnrathiiiwi Martin, Bal. Etil. Xeil. XXXVII. p. 49--' (I>t02) (Sumatra). 

 cJ ? . Omithqitem hnimilhiomi Martin, NulUKfh. Tijihchr. r. Xeil. Iiid. LIII. 3 (Sep.). p. 1. n. I 

 (1893) ; Hagen, Jrix VU. p. lit n. 4 (1894) (Sumatra). 



Differs from the .Tavan vandepolli especially in the abdomen being almost entirely 

 black. 



Hah. Sumatra (Battak country; 1 ^,1 ? ; j/rolxihli/ (dso in the monntaiiwi's 

 regions of S.W. Sunuitrci). 



This insect seems to me to be only a local form of T. nmdepoUi Snellen, though 

 Martin mav be right in treating it as a distinct species; for want of good material 

 we cannot decide the question. 



