618 ON BUTTERFLIES FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES. [Nov. 16, 
base ; body pale dull yellow: expanse of wings | inch to 1 inch 3 
lines. 
Tanna, New Hebrides, 23rd April, 1875; Vaté, New Hebrides, 
30th April, 1875. 
This species belongs to the T.-hecabe group, but differs from all 
its allies in its narrow elongated primaries with more rounded apex: 
the sinuation of the outer border is also much less marked ; so that 
the insect has a very different aspect. 
37. CaTOPSILIA LACTEA, Butler. 
3, °, Erromango, New Hebrides, 10th May, 1875. 
The male is too much worn to be placed in the collection; but the 
female is quite fresh ; in all probability therefore the male appears 
a month or so earlier than the female, as in many other butterflies. 
38. BELENOIS PERISTHENE 6G, 9, Boisduyal. 
Erromango, New Hebrides, May 10th, 1875. 
Mr. Perry says that he “ observed this butterfly in Maré Island, 
Loyalty group.” It seems to be a common species. 
39. BELENOIs NaBIsS ¢, 2, Lucas. 
Vaté, 28th and 30th April, 1875; Erromango, New Hebrides, 10th 
May, 1875. ; 
The series sent by Mr. Perry (one pair of which was taken in 
copuld), clearly demonstrates its identity with B. periclea of Felder. 
40. PapiLio HypsicLeEs, Hewitson. 
Tanna, New Hebrides, 23rd April, 1875. 
The example sent is smaller than the typical form, and does not 
show the crange submarginal lunules on upper surface of secondaries. 
41. PAPILIO ABSTRUSUS, n. sp. 
Wings above black, fringe varied with cream-colour; primaries 
with a narrow postmedian oblique cream-coloured band separated 
mto seven divisions by the nervures, a subapical cream-coloured 
litura, and five other less distinct squamose submarginal lituree ; 
secondaries with a rather large cream-coloured patch, beginning at 
costal nervure (where it is narrow) and continued to the base of the 
second median interspace, angularly irregular on its outer edge, and 
having six divisions owing to its crossing the end of the cell; two 
elongated squamose creamy submarginal lunules between the tail and 
anal angle; tail rather short, scarcely spatulate; a deep crimson spot 
on inner margin, just below the abdominal fold : body deep brown, 
head, collar, and margins of tegulze spotted with sordid pale yellow; 
antenne black : wings below black, fringe varied with cream-colour, 
nervures at base and several parallel diverging lines from the base of 
the discoidal cells pale yellow ; primaries with postmedian band and 
subapical spot broader than on the upper surface seven, well-marked 
squamose cream-coloured submarginal lunules ; secondaries with the 
patch of upper surface continued as a narrow band to the inner 
