﻿Dedicated to the Hon. WALTER ROTHSCHILD, Ph.D., F.Z.S., F.E.S., F.L.S., 



F.R.G.S., &c, 



and Founder and Proprietor of the Zoological Museum at Tring. 



ICONES ORNITHOPTERORUM: 



A Monograph of the Papilionine Tribe TROIDES of Hubner. 



OR 



ORNITHOPTERA 



[BIRD-WING BUTTERFLIES] OF BOISDUVAL, 



BY 



ROBERT H. F. RIPPON, 



CORRESP. MEMBER OF TORONTO NAT. HIST. SOC, &c. 



VOL. II. 



With S^Coloured and Plain Plates and Maps by the Author (in addition to 24 

 coloured and plain figures in the text). 



" Concerning the work of my hands, command ye me. I have made the earth, and created man upon it ; I, 

 even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded." — Isaiah xlv., 12, 13 

 {Revised version). 



" The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein." — David, Ps. cxi., 2. 



" Seigneur ! tu es digne de recevoir la gloire, l'honneur, et la puissance ; car tu as cree toutes choses, et c'est par 



ta volonte qu'elles subsistent et qu'elles ont ete creees." — St. John, Rev. iv., 11. 

 " Cuan grandes son tus obras, oh Jehova ! muy profundas son tus pensamientos." — David, Salmos xcii., 5. 

 " Con las obras de tus manos me regocijo." — David, Salmo xcii., 5. 



" Siehe, also gehet sein Thun ; aber davon haben wir ein gering Wortlein vernommen ? Wer will aber den 



Donner seiner macht versteben ? " — Hiob xxvi., 14. 

 " Lo, these are a part of His ways ; but how little a portion is heard of Him ? But the thunder of His power 



who can understand ? — Job xxvi., 14. 

 " O Jehova, quam ampla sunt tua opera ! Quam sapienter ea fecisti ! Quam plena est terra possessione tua ! " — 



Psalm civ., 24, David (according to Bishop Lowth). 

 " For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works." — St. Pawl, Ephesians ii., 10. 

 " What God is there in heaven or in earth who can do according to Thy works ? " — Moses, Deuteronomy iv., 24. 

 " Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord ! Neither are there any works like unto Thy works." — 



King David, Psalm Ixxxvi., 8. 



Creation, Redemption and Providence : these are God's triune revelation of Himself, inscribed within the 

 limitless circle of primeval Love ; and to know, serve and love Him in return, these are the sublime duty 

 and privilege of all men. — The Author. 



PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR: 

 24, JASPER ROAD, UPPER NORWOOD, LONDON, S.E. 

 1906. 



