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Papi'h'o soIon, ep. n, 



P. codro afflnis, eed colore alarum paginal superioris fnagis saturate 

 serieco-virifli, macuHs ajiticarum la^to cyanoo-viridibixs ; posticis 

 ad basin albidis, parte distali nigro-viridi latioro et margine suo 

 iateriore magis distincto : subtus multo obscurioribus, anticis 

 fasciis indistinctis transversis apud costam notatis, Exp. -G'O. 



$ mari similis, sed major, colore sericeo alarum absente. 



Hob, Aolaj Guadalcanar Island {G. M. Woodford). 



In the dark colouring of the underside this species resemblea 

 P. ^^isidicG from Maleita Island, recently described by us 

 (antea, p. 100) ; but the colouring of the band of spots on the 

 primaries is so different that we have no doubt as to its dis- 

 tinctness. Mr. Woodford's collection contains a number of 

 specimens all agreeing with one another and differing from 

 the type of P. pisidice. In the latter these spots are golden 

 and not bluish green, as in P. solon. 



We have little doubt that the specimen from Alu Island 

 referred to in our former description will have to be referred 

 to another species of this group, as it differs considerably 

 from both P. pisidice and P. solon ; but with Only a female 

 example before us we prefer to await the arrival of more 

 specimens before describing it. 



Papilio hecatceus^ ep. n. 



is . Alia nigris ; anticis fascia discali maculis octo composita a costa 

 margine externo subparallela ad anguluni analcm extensa lactes- 

 centi-alba, maoulis- duabus ven?S median;o utriuque positis 

 minimis ot a margine magis distantibus ; posticis partG costali 

 cum fascia discali conjuncta usque admarginem internum extensa 

 lactescenti-alba, margine hujus fascia; externo aliquot profunde den- 

 tate, ciliis inter venas albis : subtus nigris ; anticis maculis quatuor 

 transversis ad apicem albidis ; posticis fascia indistincta discali 

 atomis creruleis composita, maculis submarginalibus rotundis 

 rubro-aurantiis, ea ad angulum apicalem minima deindo ad angu- 

 lum analem increscentibus. Exp. O*]. 



$ . Alis fusco-nigricantibus ; anticis plaga cellulari maculisque sep- 

 tem discalibus sordide flavidis, tribus intra ramos medianos maxi- 

 mis ea supra venam medianam minima ; posticis plaga magna me- 

 diana albidavenis septem-partita, parte maxima dimidium cellulae 

 distalem occupante, maoulis septem submarginalibus ocbraceis, 

 ciliia inter venas quoque ocbraceis ; subtus ut supra, maculis om- 

 nibus majoribus, posticis atomis variis ca3ruleis infra plagam medi- 

 anam. Exp. G"l. 



Eah. Aola, Guadalcanar Island {G. M. Woodford). 

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