ILLUSTRALIVE OF NATURAL SELECTION. 169 
Species of Papilionide of the 
Moluccas and Celebes (large). 
Expanse, 
Inches, 
P. Blumei (Celebes) ... 5-4 
P. Alphenor (Celebes)... 4°8 
P. Gigon (Celebes) ... 5:4 
P. Deucalion (Celebes)... 4°6 
P. Agamemnon, var. 
(Celebes) ... 1... 44 
P. Eurypilus (Moluccas) 4:0 
P. Telephus (Celebes)... 4°3 
P. Aigisthus (Moluccas) 4-4 
P. Milon (Celebes) ... 4°4 
P. Androcles (Celebes)... 4°8 
P. Polyphontes (Celebes) 4°6 
Leptocireus Ennius 
(Celebes) ... 1. ... 2°0 
Species inhabiting Amboyna 
(large). 
Papilio Ulysses ... ... 61 
P. Polydorus... ...  ... 4°9 
P. Deiphobus oe 68 
P. Gambrisius ... ... 64 
P.Codrus ww. ee S 
Ornithoptera Priamus, 
(male)... ... .. .. 88 
Closely allied species of Java and 
the Indian region (small). 
Iexpanse. 
Inches. 
P.Brama ... ... ... 4°0 
P. Theseus ... 0. 0. 36 
P. Demolion ... ... ... 4°0 
P. Macareus ... 2... 3°7 
P. Agamemnon, var. ... 38 
P. Jason... 2... oe B'S 
P. Rama... 2 ee oe BD 
P. Sarpedon ... .. ... 38 
P. Antiphates  ..., ... 3:7 
P. Diphilus ... ... 1. 39 
L.Meges .. w. «. 18 
Allied species of New Guinea and 
the North Moluccas (smaller). 
P. Autolycus... .. ... 52 
P. Telegonus... ... ... 40 
P. Leodamas... ... ... 4'0 
P. Deiphontes ... ... 5'8 
P. Ormenus ... «. «.. 56 
P.Tydeus  ... «oe 60 
P. Codrus, var. papn- 
ensis ... .. 43 
Ornithoptera Poseidon, 
(male)... 6. vee vee VO 
Local variation of Form.—tThe differences of form are 
equally clear. Papilio Pammon everywhere on the con- 
tinent is tailed in both sexes. In Java, Sumatra, and 
Borneo, the closely allied P. Theseus has a very short 
tail, or tooth only, in the male, while in the females the 
tail is retained. Further east, in Celebes and the South 
Moluccas, the hardly separable P. Alphenor has quite 
