Pierine Butterflies of the Germs Terias. 61 



10. Terias xanthomelcena. 

 Terias xanthomelcena, Goiman & Salvin, P. Z. S, 1879, p. 159. 



New Ireland aud Dake of York Island. 



This species may chiefly be distinguished fi-om the follow- 

 ino- by the width and opacity of the basal and abdominal 

 brown sufFnsion, and in the generally more concave inner 

 edse to the outer border of the primaries and the narrower 

 border of the secondaries. 



11. Terias Candida. 

 Papilio Candida, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxxxi. A (1782). 

 Amboyna and Ceram. 



12. Terias Woodfordi^ sp. n. 



^. .Gamboge- yellow with black -brown borders, with 

 tolerably regularly concave inner margins, that of the pri- 

 maries considerably wider on the costa than in any other 

 species of the group, though at the external angle no wider 

 than in T. Candida. 



? . Similar to the male, but lemon-yellow, more or less 

 irrorated at the base of the wings with dusky scales. Expanse 

 of wings varying from 34 to 53 millim. 



Guadalcanar, Alaleita, and Florida Islands {Woodford). 



The whole of our sixteen examples of this species were 

 received from Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 



13. Terias salomonis, sp. n. 



Differs in both sexes from the preceding species in the 

 narrower external borders of both sexes. Expanse of wings 

 45 to 54 millim. 



Fauro and Alu Islands {Woodford). 



The eight specimens of this species in the collection were 

 received from Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 



T, Desjardinsii group. 



The wet- and dry-season forms differ considerably : in the 

 latter the dark border to the secondaries is reduced to a 

 series of dots terminating the nervures; on the under surface 

 also the apex of the primaries is often suffused witii rose- 

 colour, and two or three deep brown markings appear some- 

 what as in the T, hecabe section of the genus. 



