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line above ; the abdomen is yellow, with small black dots on 

 the sides. The female is dark brown, with a row of long white 

 spots on the disc ; on the fore-wings many of these are inter- 

 rupted, and on the hind-wings they are divided by a row of 

 black spots, beyond which the white of the inner portion of 

 these long spots is replaced by buff. Head and body as in the 

 male, but the stripe on the thorax above is of a much paler 



Troides richmondia, tf Var. 



green, and the abdomen is of a much paler yellow, often shaded 

 into grey above. 



The larva of T. priamus has not been described ; but as the 

 Butterfly has been seen flying about Mangifora indica, it has 

 been thought likely that it may feed on that tree. 



There are a great number of species closely allied to this y 

 but locally constant, chiefly differing in size, and in the different 

 arrangement of the green bands in the male, and of the white 

 spots in the female. The smallest species is T. richmondia, 



