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SOME NEW OR UNFIGURED LEPIDOPTEEA. 



By the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD and Dr. K. JORDAN. 



(Plates XI. & XII.) 



PAPILIONIDAE. 



1. Papilio weiskei Ribbe, Insckten-Borse p. 308 (1900) (Aroa R.) ; Grose-Smith, 

 Kliop. Exof., Pap. xxi. f. 1. 2 (c?) (1902). 



(PI. XL f. 4. <?,.5. ?.) 



MR. A. S. Meek fouud a fine series of males of this magQificent insect, but 

 onl}- one female. The two sexes differ verj- conspicnonsly in colour, the 

 markings of the proximal half of the fiirewing and the two spots of the hindwing, 

 on the upper side, being green in the. female. The fringe of the hindwing is white 

 between the veins in the /nale, and more or less red in the female. Our series 

 of males exhibits some variation in the tint of the markings of the upperside, 

 the basal area of the forewiiig especially being in some specimens greenish blue, 

 while it is normally reddish purple. 



Bab. Upper Aroa River, British New Guinea (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn). 



NYMPHALIDAE. 



2. Hypanartia splendida Rothschild, Nov. Zool. x. p. 309. n. 2 (1903) (Peru). 



(PI. XI. f. 8. c?.) 



HESPERIIDAE. 

 3. Choaspes illuensis ornatus snbsp. nov. (PI. XI. f 2. J.) 



(J?. Upperside of head, thorax and proximal abdominal segments metallic 

 bluish green, rest of abdomen and breast olivaceous black, first and second segments 

 of palpus and a large patch on underside of abdomen orange-red ; legs with some 

 metallic scales. 



Wings, /ijipei-.s/f/e, metallic bluish green at base, gradually shading off into 

 greenish blue ; fringe of hindwing and a broad border to abdominal margin, not 

 reaching base, deep chrome. 



Undermde blue-black, heavily streaked with metallic bluish green between 

 the veins ; anal area of hindwing, upwards to R', or a little beyond, deep chrome, 

 proxiuially washed with a beautiful orange-red : within this area a series of three 

 or four black dots. 



Length of forewing : 28 — 32 mm. 



Hah. Kapanr, Dutch New Guinea, February 1897 (W. Doherty), t^pe ; Upper 

 Aroa River, British New Guinea, January to April 1903 (A. S. Meek & Eichhorn) ; 

 a series. 



This form differs from that described and figured by Ribbe, Iris xiii. p. 334. 

 t. 6. K.\. i (1900), in the pal])us being deeper red, and in the abdominal part of 

 the orange-red area of the underside of the hindwing being truncate. 



