654 ON SOME DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. [Junel", 



straw-coloured patch crossing the middle of the secondaries is much 

 narrower, especially towards the inner margin, which it reaches in 

 P. cilix ; the outer margin of this patch is convex between the veins 

 instead of concave ; and the interior margin of the same patch is 

 straight instead of curved ; there is also a bright orange spot on the 

 inner margin near the anal angle, and a second smaller one just 

 beyond it. The female has the outer half of the patch on the secon- 

 daries of a dirty yellow colour, while the inner portion is nearly 

 white. Our specimens are from New Ireland. 



Papilio oritas, n. sp. 



<5 . Exp. 52 in. P. ormeni simillimus, sed posticis, presertim ad 



ramum medianum tertium magis elongatis, litura grisea aream 



mediam occupante majore et margine inlrorsum recto nee concavo 



diversa : subius posticarum lunula secunda apud angulum analem 



ochracea, serieque interiore lunularum cyaneurum magis distinctis. 



5 mari similis, sed alis obscurioribus et squamis sparsis croceis 



tectis, anticarum fascia subapicali croceo tincta presertim mar- 



ginem externum versus ; posticarum margine interno litura grisea 



eodem colore picto : subtus lunulis septem ochraceo-rufis, aliisfere 



obsoletis interioribus cyaneo notatis. 



We have now received four examples of this Papilio, three males 



and a female, from New Ireland. It is nearly allied to P. ormenus, 



from which, however, it differs in the following particulars : — The 



secondaries are much elongated, especially at the termination of the 



third median branch, where it is almost caudate ; the inner margin 



of the grey patch on the secondaries in the male is straight instead 



of curved. 



The female is like the male ; but the wings are brown and covered 

 with scattered scales of dull orange ; the subapical band of spots 

 crossing the primaries, with the exception of the spot nearest the 

 costa, is tinged with the same colour ; the interior margin of the grey 

 patch is convex instead of concave, and towards its edge at the anal 

 angle is rusty yellow ; it has likewise a series of seven submarginal 

 lunules of the same colour. 



Papilio paron, n. sp. 



Exp. 3*3 in. P. parmato similis sed alis magis productis, anticis 



fasciola alba obliqua ultra cellulam minore, et fascia submarginali 



externa paulo latiore ; posticis, griseo angulum analem versus an- 



gustiore: subtus croceus albo tincto, fasciola in costamperfasciam 



transversam mediam crocea eunte, tribus lunulis valde conspicuis 



eodem colore, ad terminum ejus, angulum analem versus, colore 



rubro omnino absente. Antennis nigris, prothorace croceo. 



This is a very distinct species, and, though similar to P. parmatus 



in the markings of the upper surface, may readily be distinguished 



from it by having three strongly marked orange spots at the end of 



the outer transverse black baud towards the anal angle ; and it has 



also the band itself towards the costa marked with the same colour, 



