350 MR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS FROM PERAK. [JuilC 29, 



Papilio hicetaon, n. sp. 



Male. — Vpperside deep olive-brown : primai-ies, an oblique row of 

 nine spots from apex to inner margin, the spot contiguous to inner 

 margin greenish yellow, the remainder paler ; a subniarginal row of 

 five small pale-yellow spots between subcostal, discoidal, and first 

 and second median nervules ; two small spots outside upper end of 

 cell, and another larger spot beyond, near the apex ; the cell contains 

 six spots and streaks, at the base a long oblique streak pointing 

 towards the apex, next a minute perpendicular dash, this is followed 

 by two narrow subcresceut-shaped spots near subcostal nervure, and 

 at end of cell two spots, the upper irregular in shape, the lower oval, 

 all these spots yellow with the exception of basal streak which is 

 pale green : secondaries, basal half light brown, dotted with golden- 

 brown atoms, the rest deep velvety brown, the nervules paler ; a 

 small suboval and slightly raised patch of scales at upper end of cell ; 

 inner margin and base thickly clothed with fine golden-brown hairs. 

 Underside: primaries, same as above, but spots paler, and row of 

 submarginal spots extends to inner margin ; a small crimson streak 

 at base : secondaries, a large and somewhat square-shaped pale- 

 green spot at base, bisected by subcostal nervure and bonlered 

 outwardly by black and crimson ; an opalescent luiiule with dusky 

 pupil at upper end of cell ; a discal band of du<ky luuules, bordered 

 below with some metallic-blue atoms, the lunule at annl angle edged 

 above with crimson atoms ; apex with marginal patches of opalescent 

 atoms ; fringes reddish. 



The primaries are narrow, and the costa is much arched. 



Exp. 100 millim. 



Hab. Ugi, Solomon Islands. 



Near P. browni, but quite distinct. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXIV. 

 Fig. 1. Papilio erskinet, $ , p. 348. 



2. hridgei, $ , p. 349. 



3. Argyronympha ugiensis, (^ , p. 347. 



4. pjtfcAra, 5, p. 347. 



6. Notes on some Birds from Perak. By R. Bowdler 

 Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Zoological Department, 

 British Museum. 



[Eeceived June 16, 1886.] 



Thanks to the exertions of Mr. Davison, who explored the western 

 side of the Malayan peninsula, we have a tolerably complete list of 

 the birds of this portion of the Indian Region, and a list of his 

 collections has been given by Mr. Hume (' Stray Feathers,' 1879, 

 pp. 37, 151). The series of Malayan birds in the Hume Collection, 

 now in the British Museum, is an extremely valuable one, and it is 



