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d7. Precis adelatda. 
Precis adelaida, Staudinger, Iris, 1889, p. 51. 
Precis neglecta, Swinhoe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1899, vol. iii. p. 103. 
Borneo and Philippines. B. M. 
The wet phase is extremely like P. ¢da, but is slightly 
more clouded with brown above; typical P. adelaida is 
probably an intermediate phase, the dry phase being similar 
but smaller and washed with green above. 
98. Precis hedonia. 
Papilio hedonia, Linnzeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 279 (1764). 
Precis hellanis, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. iii. p. 402 (1867). 
Celebes, Ternate, Mysol, Ceram, Amboina, Ké, Dobbo, 
Aru, New Guinea, Trobriand, New Britain, New Ireland, 
Solomon Islands. B. M. 
Precis hellanis often (probably always) occurs in the same 
localities with P. hedonta, of which it appears to me to be an 
intermediate phase; no dry phase is known to me. 
59. Precis zelima. 
Papilio zelima, Fabricius, Syst. Ent. p. 492 (1775) ; Donovan, Ins. New 
Holl. pl. xxiii. fig. 2 (1805). 
Australia (Queensland, Adelaide). B. M. 
This is the Australian representative of P. hedonia; it is 
smaller, never shows the pale external area of that species, 
and has a fairly well-marked dry phase; its wet phase never- 
theless is remarkably close to Ké Island examples of P. hed- 
Janis, but is more brightly blue-banded below and has smaller 
ocelli. 
60. Precis atlites. 
Papilio atlites, Johanssen, Ameen. Acad. vi. p. 407 (1764). 
Papilio laomedia, Linneus, Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 772 (1767). 
Eastern India, Ceylon, Nicobars, Andamans, Burma, Ma- 
lacea, Java, Nias, Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines. B. M. 
In the extreme dry phase all the markings on the under 
surface excepting the central band become indistinct; the 
ocelli small, with barely a trace of the black spots. 
61. Precis antigone. 
Junonva antigone, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. iii. p. 898 (1867). 
Precis tristis, Miskin, Blue Book, H.M. Colonial Possessions, no. 103, 
Brit. New Guinea, pp. 117-124 (1891). 
Aru and New Guinea. B. M. 
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