( 341 ) 



The scaling on the upperside of the forewings of euclienor- and ohfiolescrns-rnale.s is 

 distinguishable from that of the 'males of P. eachenor dej/Uis. In the first two forms 

 the scales of the upper layer in the anal region of the forewings are elongate, mostly 

 bi-, seldom tridentate ; in depilis the scales of the upper and under layers are almost 

 of the same length, irregularly tri- or quadridentate. At the nervuh>s the upjier 

 scales become as long in depilis as in enchenor. but they are not intermixed with 

 hairs. — K. J. 



XVllI. POI.YTKS-GKOUP. 

 121. Papilio canopus We.stw. [(?,?]. 



Piijiilio c/niopiis Westwood, Ann, Miuj. N. 11. IX. p. 38 (1842) (Melville I.) ; id.. Arc. Enl. II. p. 81. 

 t. G8. f. 1. 1* (cj). 2 ( ? ) (1844) ; Doubl. Westw. & Hew., Gf,i, Diiini. Lrp. I. p. 11. n. 61 

 (184C) ; Gray, Cnt. Lep. Ins. B. .V. I. p. 19. n. 81 (1852) ; id., List Lq,. Ins. B. .U. I. p. 24. n. 85 

 (1856) (Pt. Essington) ; Feld., Vrrh. z. b. G/'s. Wii:n p. 319. n. 400 (1864) ; Oberth., Ann. J/as. 

 Ch. Genom XT. p. 475. n. 18 ((J) (188(1) (Somerset) ; Rothsch., Nov. Zoo!. I. p. 685 (1894). 



P. canopus Westw. and hypsicles Hew. cannot be .specifically separated ; it i.s 

 even difficult to separate them subspecifically, as the distinguishing characters are 

 very inconstant. P. vollenhovii Feld. must also sink to the rank of a subspecies of 

 canopus, as both insects are connected with one another by two intergraduate races, 

 hypjsiclides Rothsch. and canopimts subsp. nov. We have therefore to deal with 

 the following subspecies of canopus ; — 



(«) : P. canopjus Westw. from North Australia ; 



(h) : P. canopus hypsicles Hew. from New Hebrides ; 



(c) : P. ca.nopus canopAnus subsp. nov. from Moa ; 



(d) : P. canopms hypsiclides Rothsch. from Wetter; 



(e) : P. canopus vollenhovii Feld. from Timor ; 



(/): P. canopus alorensis Rothsch. from Alor; 



(.f/) : P. canopus tiriibrosus Rothsch. from Sambawa. 



Tlie Tenimber Islands are most probalily inhabited by an eighth race. 



("): P, canopus Westw-., forma tvp. [c?,?]. 



The bands on the wings are very variable in breadth. The hindwings have 

 above a complete series of well-marked submarginal spots, or the spots are (c?,?) 

 feeble. 



Jfab. North Australia (2 ?). 



(/'): P. canopus hypsicles Hew. [cJ,?]. 



Piipilh hypsicles Hewitson, E.e, Bnltirfl. IV. P,ip. t. 9. f. 29 (cJ) (1868) (New Hebrides) ; Butl., 

 P. Z. S. p. 289. n. 89 (1874) : id., I.e. p. G19 (1875) (Tanna, X. Hebr.) : Rothsch., Xor. Zool. 1. 

 p. 685 (1894) (" New Caledonia " loc. en: ?). 



The wings ajipear less broad than in canopjus, as the discoidal veins are shorter. 

 Bands of the wings variable in breadth and shape; hindwings with a complete series 

 of blue spots beyond the band ; submarginal spots more yellow than in ca,7io]pus, in 

 c? sometimes obb'terated, e.xclusive of the anal spot. 



Hub. New Hebrides; [New Caledonia (2 J)]. 



My two specimens of this species, wliich 1 received from a French dealer, are 

 labelled " Nouvelle Calcdonie " ; but I believe this locality is erroneous. 



