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beneath and beyond them) ; and beyond these is a narrow 

 bJack border. The female is black, with much broader wings; 

 it measures seven inches in expanse. 



There is a row of large white central spots, and another of 

 sub-marginal spots on all the wings ; on the fore-wings a yellow 

 band, white at the extremity, runs along the cell, and another 

 along the inner-margin ; on the costa of the hind-wings is a 

 yellow band. The larva is dark brown, with long carmine 

 fleshy spines ; the retractile fork is yellow. 



The closely-allied /E regincs. (Salvin), which is found in the 

 neighbouring island of Malayta is larger ; the male has more 

 black on the hind-wings, and the yellow band is replaced by 

 three orange spots surrounded with green in the dark part of 

 the wing. 



These Butterflies, as well as Troides tirvilliaitus^ are found 

 flying about the sweet-smelling white flowers of Cerhera 

 odollaniy a plant which is allied to the oleander, and is 

 common in the East Indies. 



GENUS SCHCENBERGIA. 

 ScJi(£7ibergia, Pagen steelier, Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. xlvi. p. 35 

 (1893). 

 The fore-wings of the male of this very curious genus 

 resemble those of the last as regards neuration, but are broader, 

 and the hinder angle, which is completely rounded off in 

 /Etheoptera^ is more distinct. The hind-wings, however, have 

 a very short costa, and very long hind- and inner-margins. 

 They are almost rectangular at the apex, and thence fall almost 

 straight to the base of a very long and slender tail. The cell 

 reaches almost to the hind-margin, the nervures beyond being 

 so short as almost to suggest the idea that the wings have been 

 trimmed with a pair of scissors. The females are not specially 

 remarkable. 



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