212 Messrs. F. D. Godman and O. Salvin on new 



ginem internum, parte costali albida, lunulis submarginalibus sex 

 cyaneis notatis : subtus fere ut supra, sed alis pallidioribus fasciis 

 et maculis glaucescentibus ; posticis linea abbreviata ad basin 

 aliisque discalibus utrinque nigro late marginatis coccineis. Exp. 

 3-8. 

 2 niari similis, sed paulo major. 



Hah. Aola, Gjaadalcanar Island {G. M. Woodford). 



An ally of P. sarpedon as to the colour of its wing-raarkings, 

 but instead of having a single blue band on the primaries 

 broken into spots in a regular curve towards the apex, the 

 spot below the subcostal nervure is slightlj out of line, and 

 above it is another spot close to the costa ; moreover there is 

 a series of lunate spots parallel to the outer margin, as in 

 P. eurypylus. 



P. sarpedon^ in various modified forms, occurs over a large 

 area, including India, Borneo &c., the Moluccas, and New 

 Guinea, and under the name of P. choredon occurs in A ustralia 

 and New Ireland. It is therefore of considerable interest to 

 find so distinct a form in the Solomon Islands. 



Papilio Mendanttj sp. n. 



Alis anticis productis, fere falcatis, margins externo leviter concavo ; 

 posticis caudatis, vena mediana producta et lobum fereute : nigerri- 

 mis, fascia mediana longitiidinali macularum decern composita 

 cyanea, ea marginem internum attingente maxima, macula 

 altera costali ad apicem aliisque sex submarginalibus ejusdem 

 coloris ; posticis maculis tribus elongatis quoque cyaneis, una fere 

 totam cellulam occupante, maculis parvis tribus supra eam albi- 

 dis margine interno quoque albo : subtus brunneo-nigris ; anticis 

 maculis ut supra notatis, costa ad basin coceiuea ; posticis nigro 

 nebulosis, macula infra venam costalem, altera ad angulum analem 

 coccineis. Exp. 4-3. 



5 mari similis, sed major et maculis ad posticarum basin omnino 

 albis distinguenda. 



Hah. Aola, Guadalcanar Island (C. M. Woodfoi-d). 



A very interesting species, of which Mr. Woodford only 

 secured a very few specimens. Its alliances are, so far as the 

 coloration of the wings is concerned, with P. sarpedon^ but 

 in the shape of the secondaries it agrees better with P. codrus 

 and its allies. It forms in fact a connecting-link between these 

 two groups. 



It seems right that' so fine a species should bear the name 

 of Mendana, the discoverer of the Solomon Islands, the details 

 of whose adventurous journey have been recently published 

 by Mr. Guppy in his ' Solomon Islands and their Natives.' 



