Neio Guinea, Ke)\ Teniniherj (t'C. 179 



As will appenr from tlie following p^ges, till tho new 

 forms received from New Guinea have l)een captured in tho 

 neighbourhood of ^feraukc *, on tiie southern coast of tlic 

 Dutch part of the ishmd. 



In studying the localities in which a certain species has 

 been found in New Guinea one finds invariably (with only 

 very rare exceptions) the same localities mentioned : starting 

 from Yule Island and the mainland of iSouth-eastern Papua, 

 ])assing through the northern part of the island, i\i^ Arfak 

 Mountains, and the Western Peninsula, to the iSnow Moun- 

 tains. The great tract of land between the Papuan Gulf and 

 the Snow Mountains thus appears almost unexplored in 

 regard to Lepidoptera ; therein Merauke is situated, separated 

 from both by some of the largest rivers of the island — the 

 Fly River, the Digul, etc. Hence we cannot be surprised if 

 we find new local races there, and certainly we may expect 

 still more. 



All the specimens quoted are in the collection of our iiouse 

 at Heverlee; except where the contrary is expressly mentioned. 



Papilionidse. 



Papilio riedeli^ Kirsch, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1885, p. 275. 



1 c? , Oliliet (Jaradena), Tenimber [Rev. Fr, J. Klerks^ 

 M.S.C). 



Papilio fiiscu!^ heccarii, Obertli. Et. Ent. iv. p. 16. 



r 1 ? , Okaba (Dutch New Guinea), 1913 [Rev. Fr. P. Ver- 

 tenten, M.S.C). 



Papilio amhrax amhraXj Boisd. Yoy. Astrol. Ent. p. 10. 

 no. 5. 



1 S iovwm amhrax^ Boisd., Merauke, 1911 [Rev. J. Viegen, 

 M.S.C). 



1 S forma «;/i^?-aci(/j AVall., Okaba, 1913 (/lei;. jPr. P. I'er- 

 ienttii). 



1 $ forma amhra.v, Boisd., Okaba, 1913 {Rev. Fr. P. Ver- 

 tenten). 



* Merauke is +70 kilom. distant from the Papuan frontier ; Okaba 

 lies +7o kilom. weft of Merauke. 



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