PAPILIONID^. PAPILIONIN.E. 



ORNITHOPTERA. II. 



II.— ORNITHOPTEEA RIEDELI. Figs. 1, 2. 



Onilthiiptcnt Itii'ddi, Kirsch, " Proceedings of the Zoological Society of 

 London," 1885, p. 275, pi. 10, tigs. 1, 2. 



Exp. b\ to Gj inches. 



Male. Upperside silky-black, posterior wings with a deep golden-yellow 

 l)and, running from the costa nearly to the inner margin, and divided into seven 

 spots by the nervures, one of which is placed within the extremity of the cell. 

 Of the remaining six, that on the costa is obliquely narrowed on each side in 

 front ; spots two and three are twice as long as this, and of about equal length ; 

 each of the others is rather longer than that before it, and all, except the costal 

 spot, are deeply concave on the outside between the nervures. The fold is veiT 

 conspicuous, and is filled with long grey wool, and the inner margin is fringed 

 with long black hair. 



Underside similar, but the anterior wings are of a less deep l)lack, and 

 towards the hind margin the black nervures are broadly bordered on both sides 

 with grey scaling. Incisions slightly marked with grey. 



Body black, collar narrowly red, the sides of the thorax mostly bordered 

 with red below the wings ; abdomen banded with yellow beneath, and with 

 slight traces of reddish markings on the sides. 



Female. Upperside. Anterior wings brownish-black. The extremity of 

 the cell is filled up by a greyish-white blotch, and the spaces between the 

 nervures above and beyond are likewise greyish-white. Towards the apex of 

 the wing these bifurcate, forming a series of whitish borders to the black ner- 

 vures, the series of which is continued along the inner margin ; but shades into 

 grey on the outer side, both towards the apex and towards the inner margin. 

 Fringes almost continuously grey. 



Posterior wings with the yellow band less golden than in the male, and 

 much narrower ; the spot at the extremity of the cell very small, the spot 

 nearest the costa very small or obsolete (sometimes present on one side only), 



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