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NEW FORMS OF PAPILIONIDAE FROM NEW GUINEA, 

 MALAYA, AND SOUTH AMERICA. 



By J. J. JOICEY and G. TALBOT. 



1. Papilio (Troides) chimaera Koths. dracaena J. and T. $ . 



S . Smaller in size on the whole than chimaera. Discal green 

 area on fore wing more extended, and green areas on hind wing 

 narrower. 



Upperside of fore wing with more extended green in cellule 5. 

 Discal area with outer edge nearer the margin, and extended farther 

 below vein 2. Inner marginal stripe extended to near distal margin 

 and curved upwards, in two specimens joining the lower angle of discal 

 patch. Hind wing with larger yellow area. A large spot in 2 close to 

 cell, mostly reaching base of vein 2 ; all post-cellular stripes a little 

 longer, the one in 3 broader at the base. Underside of fore wing with 

 narrower black margins and much smaller black spots. 



Length of fore wing : 3 , 61 mm. 



Dutch New Guinea : Weyland Mountains, Dewaro Village, 3,500 

 feet, June, 1920, two $ S , four 2 ? ; Mount Kunupi, 6,000 feet, 

 November, one $ ; Menoo Kiver, 3,500 to 5,000 feet, December to 

 January, two $ $ , six ? ? . $ neallotype from Dewaro. Collected 

 by C, F., and J. Pratt. 



The first were obtained on the first expedition, which was abandoned 

 owing to difficulties with the natives, who cut down the trees haunted 

 by this species. 



Was seen daily on Mount Kunupi at 6,000 feet, but flying too high 

 to render capture possible. 



2. Papilio poly dorus L. alboplagatus subsp. nov. 



Allied to the typical form from the S. Moluccas. 



2 . Distinguished from the Moluccan form by the much larger white 



areas on both wings. Fore wing with white markings more distinct, 



the patches below vein 3 larger and purer white, the one in 2 just filling 



up the base of the cellule. Hind wing with larger discal patch, the 



