PAPILIONID.E.-PAPILIONIN.E, 



ORNITIIOPTERA. III. 

 SCHOENBERGIA. 



III.— SCHOENBERGIA MEETDIOXALIS. i. Fig. 1. ?. Fig. 2. 



TroiJcs ParadiscmMiTidloniilis, Piothscliikl, " Novitates Zoologicie," Vol. IV., 

 p. 180, ? . "Novitates Zoologicie," Vol. VI., p. 4'20, S. 



Exp. s . 4^ inches. ? . 5 inches. 



Male. Upperside. " The forcwing is narrower than in .S'. Paradiseux, 

 Staudinger, its distal margin nearly straight; the anterior green streak is narrower, 

 the posterior one wider, entering the cell and distally running np to the anterior 

 one. On the underside the forewing has a broad black band, beginning at the 

 costal margin before the middle of the cell, running to upper angle of cell and 

 thence to the disc, being distally limited by veins R' and R^ ; the yellowish- 

 green scaling between these veins reduced to two small submarginal spots ; the 

 yellowish streaks between the subcostal also reduced, the apex of the wing 

 being black, with an ill-defined green streak of dispersed scales between SC 

 and SC^ and a few more green scales behind SC*. 



" The hind wing oi Mcridiunalis is more reduced in size than that of Paradisnis, 

 narrower, the distal margin is gently concave, the tail is shorter, not gradually 

 narrowing to the tip, but dilated before the apex, . . . the anal angle is not 

 produced ; the fringe of hairs upon the abdominal fold is much longer and not 

 so dense. In neuration . . , the cell is much narrower in Mcridionalis, W and 

 M' come from the cell, while in Paradiscus they are stalked together. The 

 pattern of the wing is also very peculiar. The black distal border of Panuliseua 

 is in Mcridionalis indicated only at the extreme edge of the wing; veins all 

 yellowish-green, a narrow outer border to wing and a broader streak from near 

 base to tail in front of submedian fold also yellowish-green ; abdominal area up 

 to submedian fold black, with a yellowish-green streak at basal edge, and 



VOL. III., JANUARY, 1900. 



