Lepidoptera fi-o))i Port Moresby^ New Guinea. 217 



transverse blackish band ; basal area pale suli)liur-ycll()\v ; 

 seconflaries silvery white, the base of costa sulphur-yellow j 

 body below white. Expanse of wings 1 ineh 9 lines. 



One female. 



Not nearly allied to any species known to me. 



Genus Belexois, Hiibner. 



2G. Ddenois latiUmhaia, n. sp. 



(S . Creamy white, basal area greyish ; a broad and rather 

 iiTegular dark broAvn outer border ; primaries with the veins 

 dusky ; costa black, tapering towards the base ; two or three 

 subapical creamy spots ; outer border deeply sinuated in the 

 first median and the discoidal interspaces : primaries below 

 white ; outline of outer border as above, but the apical area 

 cupreous, crossed by three bright yellow spots, basal area 

 greenish yellow ; secondaries bright yellow ; external border 

 irregularly sinuated, cupreous, darker internally. Expanse of 

 wings 2 inches 4 lines. 



$ . Primaries whiter than in the male, several indistinct 

 additional subapical spots, the tw^o more prominent ones di- 

 stinctly yellow ; secondaries wnth an indistinct subapical spot : 

 underside paler. Expanse of wings 2 inches 5 lines. 



One pair. 



Most nearly allied to B. nobis, but differing considerably. 



Subfamily Papilionin^, Bates. 



Genus EuRYCUS, Boisduval. 



27. Eurycus troilus, n. sp. 



Allied to E. cressida ^ , but with shorter and more rounded 

 primaries, external blackish border much broader, particu- 

 larly at apex ; basal black area and inner discoidal black 

 spot obsolete, indicated by pale brown as in E. cressida ? , 

 transverse white band of secondaries externally more deeply 

 indented ; discal spots very small, sordid white instead of 

 carmine : on the underside the spots are tinted with red ; white 

 marginal spots below wanting : body altogether duller in 

 colour, collar below pinky whitish. Expanse of wings 3 inches 

 4 lines. 



One (apparently ? ) examjde. 



The abdomen is too much compressed for careful examina- 

 tion. 



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