10 PAPILIONID^. — PAPILIONINiE. PAPILIO. 



tlio interior margin, and gradually diminishing towards the apex ; a small spot 

 near the costa, just above the second from the apex, and a submarginal row of 

 small spots of the same colour ; posterior wings with nearly the entire cell, a 

 large spot between the median branches, and a small triangular spot between 

 the median vein and its second branch bluish, like the spots of the anterior 

 wings ; three small spots above these and the inner margin white. 



Underside dark brownish-black, the spots of the anterior wings as on the 

 upperside, but rather larger ; there are also some indistinct pale marks on the 

 costa, and a small scarlet spot at its base ; posterior wings clouded with black 

 spots between the veins beneath the costal vein, and near the inner margin 

 two-thirds of its length from the base are scarlet spots. 



Exp. 4-3 inches. 



Fimah like the male, but larger, the wings being less falcate, and the spots 

 of the anterior wings rather larger, those on the posterior wings being nearly 

 white ; on the underside there is an indistinct row of submarginal spots. 



Hab. Aola, Guadalcanar Island, Solomon group (C. M. Woodford). 



In the Collections of Henley Grose Smith and Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 



This interesting Papilio was recently discovered by Mr. C. M. Woodford during his second 

 expedition to the Island of Guadalcanar. In some respects it is allied to P. Sarpedon, having 

 the wings marked with similarly coloured spots, hut the colour of the underside and the shape 

 of the posterior wings point to a relationship with P. Godriis and its allies. P. Mendana forms, 

 in fact, a connecting link between the P. Sarpedon and P. Codrus groups of Papllio. — 0. S. 



