592 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LEPIDOl'TERA OF THE [JUHC 19, 



Fam. PapilionidjE. 



Ornithoptera heliconoides, n. sp. 



Male. ITpperside — fore wing entirely black: hind wing golden 

 yellow, with black abdominal fold and, longitudinally from base of 

 submedian to middle of lower median veinlet, a marginal band 

 formed by a series of six conical spots decreasing in size from anal 

 angle, the first or anal elongated at its apex, the second, third, fifth 

 and sixth each with a contiguous sniall upper round spot ; the space 

 at base of wing broadly across end of cell to middle of costal 

 vein also black. Underside as above ; fore wing very slightly grey- 

 streaked along base of lower median veinlets. 



Feinale. Fore wing with prominent greyish-white streaks along 

 the veins, and similar streaks within end of the cell : hind wing with 

 black abdominal fold, a partly constricted elongated spot above anal 

 angle, outer marginal band of large continuous cones, a discal series 

 of five small spots, the space at base of wing occupying the inter- 

 space between the costal and subcostal to near its end. Underside 

 as above. Abdomen greenish black above, yellow at sides and be- 

 neath. Tied collar slightly perceptible in female. 

 Expanse, J 5|, $ 6A inches. 

 S. Andamaus (Port Blair). In coll. H. Druce. 



Papilio mayo, xVtkinson, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 736, pi. Ixiii. f. 1. 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



Papilio charicles, Hewitson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1874, xiv. p. 3.56 ; 

 Exot. Butt. V. Pap. pl. xiv. f. 4.5, $ . 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



Papilio rhodifer, Butler, Ent. Monthly Mag. 1876, p. 57, ?. 

 S. Andamans (Port Blair). 



Papilio aristolochi.e, var. camorta. 



Female. Differs from Indian and Malayan forms of P. aristolochice 

 on the upperside of the hind wing in the absence of tbe discal 

 markings, tlie only indication of these in the Nicobar form being a 

 slight pale speckled streak at the junction of the two lower median 

 veinlets and an upward elongation of the reddish anal spot. On the 

 underside these are slightly more prominent. 



Expanse 3-7 inches. 



Nicobars (Kamorta), April 6, 1875. In coll. R. Meldola and F. 

 Moore. 



Papilio pammon, var. nicobarus, Feld. Verb, zool.-bot. Gesch. 

 1862, p. 483. 



Nicobars (Nancowry, Kamorta), and S. Andamans (Port Blair), 

 Meldola, April. 



Papilio agamemnon, Linn. S. N. ii. p. 748 ; Donov. Ins. China, 

 t. 27. f. 2. 



S. Andamans (Port Blair) ; Nicobars (Kamorta), April, Meldola. 



