1885.] MR. KIRSCH ON BUTTERFLIES FROM TIMORLAUF. 27^ 



from Mindanao (sex not given) " dull green ; " while in a $ example 

 from Dinagat they were " bright chrome-yellow." 



The Sulu birds, both of which are adult males, have the head very 

 dark green. The wing-coverts are edged with fulvous. 



During my residence on Sulu Island I several times saw, but 

 failed to obtain, a species of Hornbill with a white head and tail 

 (? Cranorrhinus leucocephalus), and I am inclined to believe that 

 there are two species of the Bucerotidse in Sulu. With regard to 

 Pigeons, I could hear nothing of the existence of C. nicobarica, but I 

 obtained a large Macropygia unknown to me, which I unfortunately 

 lost before any notes could be taken of it. Owls were apparently not 

 uncommon, as also a species of Ciprinmlgus. Mr. Burbidge, in his 

 notes on his collection from Sulu, speaks of the Fire-back Pheasant 

 as being among the birds he " saw, but could not secure ;" but I 

 cannot help thinking that he must have been mistaken on this 

 point. 



2. On the Butterflies of Timorlaut. By Th. Kirsch, Gustos 

 for Entomology at the Royal Zoological Museum of 

 Dresden. (Communicated by Dr. A. B. Meyer^ 



C.M.Z.S.) 



[Received February 16, 1885.] 

 (Plate XIX.) 



In the list of Butterflies from Timorlaut, published by Mr. Butler 

 (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 366), 21 species from that island group 

 are enumerated. The collections of Mr. Riedel from Timorlaut, 

 presented to the Royal Zoological Museum of Dresden, contain 

 examples of four more species from there, two of which and a variety 

 are undescribed. 



1 . Ornithoptera riedeli, nov. sp. (Plate XIX. fig. 1 J , 2 $ .) 



Ornithopterse darsio, Graij, valde affiuis, sed distincte diversa 

 forma et plaga alarum posteriarum. Annulo collari maculisque 

 pectoralibus sanguineis sicut O. darsii; abdomine subtus segmentis 

 postice fiavo-atomatis. 



o . -^Ice anticce supra holosericeo-nigrce, margine interno lutiore et 

 externa breviore quam O. darsii, snbtus cenis trans cellulam 

 disioidalem griseo-limbatis. Alee posticte margine exteriore 

 minus sinuato, angulis apice vence mediance ejusdemqne ramorum 

 minus prominentibus, potius plane rotundatis ; plaga magna 

 discoidati aureo-flava, certo situ leviter opalescente, extus 10- 

 dentata, intus basin versus oblique iruncata, tenia in maculas 

 septem divisis, macula antica trapezoidali, ilia cellulce discoida/is 

 subtriangulari, lateribus curvaiis, ceteris quinque apice eniargi- 

 natis. 



5 . Al<e atro-fuscte, holosericea', lunvHs angnste tdoo-ciliatis ; 



