1898.] L. de Niceville — List of the Butterflies of the Ke Isles. 277 



process (which is dark brown at the tip) descends on each side to the 

 spiracle at about the middle of the pupa a fine indigo-blue line, with a 

 large round blue spot in its middle : the spiracles are dark brown ; the 

 pupa ends in a somewhat sharp point. 



105. Papilio euryptlus melampus, Rothschild. 



Described from Little Kei Island (Kei Toeal). Mr. Rothschild 

 (Nov. Zool., vol. iii, p. 425 (1896), has also described an ab. rufinus from 

 the same island. P. melampus is very rare, and is found on both Little 

 and Great Ke Islands. 



106. Papilio sarpedon choredon, Felder. 



Rare on Little and Great Ke Isles. Very quick on the wing. 



107. Papilio Agamemnon argynnus, Druce. 



Recorded by Wallace from the Ke Island as P. agamemjwn, local 

 form 6, and described from the Ke Island by Druce as P. argynnus. It 

 is rather common on Little and Great Ke Islands. The larva feeds on 

 Anona muricata, Linnasus, Malay name " Surakajah." 



Family HESPBRIID^E. 



108. Tagiades japetus, Cramer. Plate I, Figs. 10, larva; 10a, 106, 

 pupa. 



Rober, Ribbe and Butler. Very common on all the islands. The 

 larva is greenish-white, the skin transparent, very finely striped 

 with white, yellowish between the segmental folds ; between the 

 eighth and ninth segments are two yellowish coloured organs visible 

 through the skin ; the head is dark brown, heart-shaped, strongly 

 indented above in the dorsal line. Pupa attached openly to a leaf 

 by a few threads and by the cremastral hooks ; pale yellowish, 

 streaked throughout with reddish-brown ; each wing-cover bears two 

 large irregularly-quadrangular china-white spots, one at the base of the 

 wing, which is the smaller, tlie other at the anal angle of the expanded 

 wing, about twice as large ; between the eyes in front are two white 

 spots like a pair of spectacles ; on the third, fourth and fifth abdominal 

 segments is a triangular white spot on each side; the head is produced 

 into a long thin pointed process. The larva lives on sweet potatoes. 



109. * Ampittia maro, Fabricius. 



Ribbe as Pamphila maro. This is probably a wrong identification. 



