﻿POMPEOPTERA CRITON. 



Ornithoptera Criton, Fclder, " Wien. Ent. Monat. IV." p. 225, n. 72 (i860). Also p. 49 of Feld. " Entomological Fragments. " 

 Papilo Criton, F elder, " Reise Nov. Lep." L, p. 12, n. 6 t. 4 a— c (1865). 1 . ? . 

 Ornithoptera Criton, Wallace, "Trans. Linn. Soc." Vol. XXV. (1865). s . ? . 



„ „ Obcrthilr, " Etudes d'Ent." IV., p. 31, n. 10 (1879). s . $ . 



„ „ „ "Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova," XV., p. 468, n. 3 (1880). «j . ? . 



„ „ Butler, " Annals Mag. Nat. Hist." (5), XIII., p. 196, n. 42 (1884). 



„ „ Staudinger und Schatz, " Exot. Schmett." I., p. 5 (1884). 



„ „ Ribbe, " Iris," III., p. 43 (1891). [Larva and pupa] . 



Papilio Criton, W. F. Kirby, " Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lep." p. 519 (1871). 

 Ornithoptera Criton, Fichert, " Ueber die Zeichnungsverhaltnisse der Gatt. Orn." p. 737. 

 Troides Criton, Rothschild, " Novitates Zoologies," V. II., p. 210, n. 16 (a 2), type ? similar to J.(b2) V. Oberthuri s ; (c 2) V.felderi, ? . (1895). 



Pompeoptera Criton is properly a member of the 

 Haliphron group, which also includes P. Naias of Doherty, 

 P. Iris of Rober, P. Plato of Wallace, and P Staudingeri 

 of Rober, at least, if not P. Riedeli of Kirsch, in addition 

 to the varieties of Haliphron, as at present known. 



S Anterior wings entirely velvety black, with slightly 

 silky greenish reflections on their upper surface ; the 

 veins only slightly discernible. Undersurface entirely 

 olive-greenish black ; veins prominently in relief ; the 

 nervules faintly margined with lighter tones — the analo- 

 gues of the light internervular rays usually present on the 

 wing above and below, in most of the species of this Genus; 

 the marginal wing folds accentuated by greyish atoms. 



Posterior wings warm reddish lemon-yellow — with the 

 veins prominently black ; the base of the wing, and out- 

 side the precostal for a short distance, half the cell 

 diagonally, and the area from the submedian to the ab- 

 dominal pouch deep velvety-black ; the whitish line indi- 

 cating the inner portion of the pouch or wing-fold fairly 

 conspicuous ; the broad submarginal border black, and 

 lunate within between the veins. Undersurface as above, 

 but with the area of the abdominal fold reddish black, 

 with moderately long hair fringe. 



Head and eyes dark castaneous — between the eyes 

 dark pilose black — haustellum black. Antennae black. 



Thorax above velvety black ; beneath, with red collar, 

 and red marks from the base to half way on each side of 

 the legs. 



Abdomen above brown, subdued by atoms, with lateral 

 yellow marks on the penultimate annulations ; subdorsum 

 yellow, with the usual black dots ; anal valves brownish- 

 black. 



Antennae 22 mms. in length ; abdomen 24 mms. ; 

 thorax with head 16 mms. ; length of costa 57, and width 

 34 mms., in the anterior wing ; outer margin 34 mms. 

 Width of posterior wing 25, and length 34 mms. 



T , r fist pair: femur 7; tibia, 7; tarsi, 9 mms. 

 Length ot L nd t> . j( I0 . ( . IO; u I0 h 



egS [3rd „ : „ 9; „ 9; ,. 12 „ 



The outer margin of the wing is gracefully incurved ; 

 the antennas are most like those of the typical papilios. 



Described and drawn from Felder's type. 



$ Anterior wings warm brown, with light adnervular 

 rays, all of which, with the exception of that belonging to 

 the 3rd median nervure, reach the boundary of the 

 cell (the latter only half-way) ; two faint light rays below 

 on the submedian fold and submedian vein : a faint light 

 irregular area within the discoidal cell at the distal end 

 subdued by brown atoms, as with the adnervular rays. 

 Undersurface similar, except that all the lighter areas 

 are broader and lighter; the veins are very prominent as 

 are also the pseudoneura on both surfaces. 



Posterior wings dark brown, with a large orange-yellow 

 discal area ; the orange tint of the yellow is produced by 

 a powdering of reddish scales ; the veins deep black. 

 This area extends to about i-4th within the cell, and is 

 somewhat sinuate ; within the veins is a row of 5 large 

 suboval black spots, marked off from the outer marginal 

 black border by white atoms. All the remainder of the 

 wing is velvety-black — the submarginal border being 

 lunate ; the inner margin reddish-brown. Undersurface 

 as above, except that the yellow area of the upper becomes 

 an ochraceous or creamy-white on the under-surface, the 

 discal black spots are smaller and more irregular in size 

 and shape, are dotted with white atoms, are 7 in number, 

 and the submarginal border consists of 7 accuminate 



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