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beneath and beyond them) ; and beyond these is a narrow 

 bJack border. The female is black, with much broader wings; 

 it measures seven inches in expanse. 



There is a row of large white central spots, and another of 

 sub-marginal spots on all the wings ; on the fore-wings a yellow 

 band, white at the extremity, runs along the cell, and another 

 along the inner-margin ; on the costa of the hind-wings is a 

 yellow band. The larva is dark brown, with long carmine 

 fleshy spines ; the retractile fork is yellow. 



The closely-allied & regime (Salvin), which is found in the 

 neighbouring island of Malayta is larger ; the male has more 

 black on the hind-wings, and the yellow band is replaced by 

 three orange spots surrounded with green in the dark part of 

 the wing. 



These Butterflies, as well as Troides urvillianus^ are found 

 flying about the sweet-smelling white flowers of Cerbera 

 odollam, a plant which is allied to the oleander, and is 

 common in the East Indies. 



GENUS SCHCENBERGIA. 

 Schoenbtrgia, Pagenstecher, Jahrb. Nassau. Ver. xlvi. p. 35 



(1893)- 



The fore-wings of the male of this very curious genus 

 resemble those of the last as regards neuration, but are broader, 

 and the hinder angle, which is completely rounded off in 

 sEtheoptem^ is more distinct. The hind-wings, however, have 

 a very short costa, and very long hind- and inner-margins. 

 They are almost rectangular at the apex, and thence fall almost 

 straight to the base of a very long and slender tail. The cell 

 reaches almost to the hind-margin, the nervures beyond being 

 so short as almost to suggest the idea that the wings have been 

 trimmed with a pair of scissors. The females are not specially 

 remarkable. 



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