( 040 ) 



tTanf3verse yellow side-mark on second segment, spots on thinl and fonrth larger. 

 Underside of body and wings Mars-brown. Harpe spatnlate, dilated part rather 

 deeply concave. 



Hab. Tahiti. 



1 S and 1 ? ill coll. <_!harles Obevtliiir ; 1 t? in Mns. Paris. 



k il/. hirundo vitiense subsp. nov. 

 {?) Mamrgliixm spec, Druce, Pi'.c Zo„l. Sue. Loud. p. 220. n. 2 (1888) (Fiji). 



(J. Like the preceding, bnt yellow side-patch on fonrth abdominal segment 

 vestigial or absent, grey median liaud of forewing not distinct, yellow band of 

 hiiidwing narrower in middle than black basal area. 



Hall. Fiji. 



In the Tring Mnseum '^ S S from Fiji. 



c. M. hirundo UfuensiK. 

 *MricrnfiIi,ss<i lifueiisis Rothschild, Nov. ZoOL. i. p. 67 (1894) (Lifu •,— Mus. Tring). 



J ? . One yellow side-spot on abdomen, situated on segment 3 ; black side- 

 ])atches on segments 4 and 5 prominent. Antemedian and discal dark bands of 

 forewing conspicnons, the discal one somewhat curved costad in front, postdiscal 

 line distinct, dentate, with a distinct grey liorder, subapical patches SC — R' distinct, 

 the second darker, rounded : grey median Iiand variable. Yellow band of hindwing 

 somewhat deeper yellow than in crrafis, and narrow, almost as broad as in hirundo 

 hirundo. 



Underside of wings as in hir. hirundo, much more rufous than in en-ans. 

 Process of penis-sheath more densely denticulate basally, the dentition extending 

 on to the sheath. Harpe much more elongate, less spatnlate, than in the other 

 subspecies, almost pointed. 



//(i/j. Lifu, Loyalty Is., and New Caledonia. 



In the Tring Mnseum S SS,l ? from Lifn and N. Caledonia. 



d. M. hirundo erran.s. 



*.\f,irroglf,.^M n-rfiii« Walker, L\yt Lep. Ins. B. M. viii. p. 96. n. 21 (I8.')6) (Australia; Moreton 

 Bay :-Mus. Brit.) ; Boisd., S/,p,: Gen. Lep. Ilel. i. p. 352. n. .S2 (187.'')) ; Butl., Trun,:. Z„ol. 

 Soe. Lniid. ix. p. .■>29. D. 38 (1877) {lype from Moreton B., with white band, ex ernnr !) : Misk., 

 I'l-iH-. Hoii. Sue. QueenM. viii. p. 6. n. 4 (1891) (Biisbane ; Bockhampton ; Bowen) ; Kirby, 

 (M. Lep. Jtel. i. p. 632. n. 59 (1892) ; Swinh., t'al. Le/i. 11,1. Mux. O.r. i. p. 7. n. 27 (1892). 



*lii„i,njihmehhu,a seutlimiim Felder, Reixe Novnra,Lep.t. 75. f. 8 (1874) (Australia ;— Mus. Tring) : 

 Boisd., I.e. p. 354. n. 35 (1875) ; Butl., I.e. p. 529. n. 35 (1877). 



*Mnern,ilrmm helirula Pagenstecher, in Chun, Zmloyieei x. 29. p. 10. n. 22 (1900) (N. Pommern, ? ; 

 — Mus. Tring). 



S ? . The distribution of this subspecies is extensive ; the area occupied includes 

 tiie Solomon Islands and the Bismarck Archipelago. We cannot find any difference 

 lietweeii the few individuals from thdsc; localities and Queensland examples. 

 Pagtnsteclier's belinda, of which we have the type, mast sink as a synonym. 

 M. erntii.-i is very variaVile as regards some of the markings, bnt the prominent 

 grey fhisli is always jircsent upon the n])piu'side of the forewing and abdomen ; the 

 dark dorsal spots of the latter are well marked, tlie yellow liand of the hindwing 

 is linjad, with the outer edge straight, the denticulate postdiscal grey-ljordered Inic 

 of the forewing is conspicuous, the triangular area of the mesothoracic tegula 

 lioniered in front by an olili.pie line is more or less obviously russet, always well 



