( 206 ) 

 i;i Troides haliphron (Hoisd.) [rf,?, iiu-iam.]. 



(J. Ormllioplera hnliphrnn Boisdaval, Spec. Gen. Lip. I. p. 181. n. 9 (183G) (Celebes). 



^J?. Oi-nlthopli-ra luiliphion, Felder, Wien. Enl. Man. IV. p. 98. n. 52. t. 2. f. Sa. Sb (J,?) 



(1860) (Celebes) ; Wall., Tr. Linn. Soc. Land. X.KV. p. 40. n. 14 {18t;.5) (Macassar) : Obcrth., 



Et. tFEnl. IV. p. 30. n. 7. & p. 110. n. 7 (1879) (Celebes) ; Stauding. & Schatz, Ent. .^chntell. 



I. p. 5. t. 2 (S) (1884) (Celebes); Fickert, Zool. Jahrhiich. p. 734. n. 4 (1889) (Celebes); 



Ilibbe, Iris III. p. 39 (1890) (Celebes; larva .t pupa); llothsch.. his V. p. 442 (1892) 



(S.E. Celebes). 

 (J. Ornilhojilera ampliimetlon. Doubl. TFestw. & Hew., Gen. Dinrn. l.t^ii. I. p. 4. n. G (184i!) (ji.p.) : 



Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. B. M. I. p. h. n. 12 (1852) {p.p.). 

 (J ? . PnpiUo huUphron, Felder, Verh. z. b. G>-^. Wim p. 291. n. 2.j. & p. 334. n. 20 (1864) (Celebes) ; 



Piepers & Snellen, Tijdsdir. c. Enl. XXI. p. 37. u. 147 (1878) (Saleyer, very common ; 



Bantimoei-oDg). 

 ? . OrnitJwptera Imliphron var. bauermanni Rober, Irits I p. 19 ( $ , npc J \ (1885) (Kabia Ishmd). 



Three local form.s belong to this species : — 



(a) : T. lialiphron (Boisd.) from Celebe.'; and the adjacenl .small islands ; 



(/') : 7'. haliphron naias (Dohertv) from Sumba, J^ambawa. .Mor. .\donara. and 



Wetter ; 

 (c) : T. hftliphron iris (Ruber) from 1-etti. 



Doherty's Troides aaias var. sambawamia and Rober's T. haHphron var. haxter- 

 raanni are mere aljerrations. 



(") ; T. haliphron (^Boisd.), forma typ. [(J, ?, metam.]. 

 Breast with red hairs nnderueath the wings ; yellow colour of the underside of tiie 

 abdomen mni-li restricted, forming narrow transverse liands to the posterior .segments. 



J. .Ml the nervules of tlie forewings are bordered with white l)elow, le.ss so on 

 the upperside ; on the underside the discoidal cell has also a white border in the 

 apical two-fifths, and the intercellular folds are whitish at the apex. The yellow area 

 of the hindwings consists of five discal spots, situated between the costal margin and the 

 second median nervule ; the spots are nearly of equal length ; sometimes, however, 

 the finst and last are reduced ; behind the second median nervule there is .seldom a 

 seventh, minute spot ; some individuals have a small spot within the ajiex of the cell 

 stretching ahmg the discocellular veinlets. 



(''') • c?''^'^- bauermanni (Ruber). 

 (J. Oinllhoplerii haViphrnn var. banrrnvmiii Rljbcr, Iris I. p. 19 ((J, life ? ) (188J) (Kabia Island). 



The cellular yellow spot of the hindwings before referred to large. 



This aberration, which forms a transition to T. haUplirui) wtias (Uoherty), is 

 not confined to the Island of Kabia, but occurs also on the main island of Celebes. 



Rober [Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXXIV. p. 270 (1891)] mentions a yellow U-shaped 

 marginal mark, standing on the underside of the hindwings between tlie lower 

 median nervules, and adds that he cannot find an explanation of this curious 

 marking. If we compare other species, and also the fenudes, wc find that this mark 

 is not so peculiar, and that it ajjpears also between the upper median nervules. It is 

 composed of the marginal internervular spot, and the rest of the adnervular streaks 

 whieli in several species run from the yellow discal area towards the outer margin anil 

 separate the siibmargiual black sj)ots from each other [compare the j of T. uhlonf/o- 

 nvicidatus (Goeze)] ; as the submarginal black spots are entirely merged together 

 with the marginal black spots to form a broad black marginal band in haliphron. 



