﻿POMPEOPTERA RHADAMANTUS. 



Papilio Aatenous, Eschscholtz, " Kotzebue's Reise," III., p. 205, t. 4, f. 6a, 6b, 6c, (n), (1821). 

 Ornithoptera Khadamantus, Lucas, "Lepid. Exot." p. 5, (i i), (1835). 



Amphrysus, Lucas, "Lepid. Exotica," t. 2, f. 1 (<?); (1835). 



Rhadamanthus, Boisduval, "Spec. Gen. Lep." r„ p. 180, n. 8, (1836), <? , and var. ?. 

 Reakirt, " Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil." p. 444, n. 1, (1846), 1 3 . 

 Oberthur, " Et. d'Ent." IV., p. 32, n. 16, (1879), J ?. 

 ,. Dewitz, "Nov. act. Kais Lep. Ac. Nat." XIV., L. n. 2, p. 262, t. 2, f. 7, 7a, 7b, (1882), 3 t . 



Staudinger and Schatz, "Exot. Schmett." I., p. 4, t. r, (1884), <T ? . 

 ,, „ Fickert, " Zoologischen Jahrbuchen," p. 733, (1893). 



,, ,, Leach, "Butterflies of China," &c, p. 513, (1893), s ?. 



Papilio Hephereus, Gray, " List Lep. Ins." Brit. Mus. I., p. 6, n. 17, (1856). 

 Ornithoptera Nephereus, " Wallace. Tr. Linn. Soc." Vol. XXV., (1866). 



Staudinger, "Iris," p. 4, (1889). 

 ,, ,, Semper, "Philipp. Tagfalt." p. 264, n. 386 (1891), <f ? . 



Troidea Rhadamantue, Rothschild, "Nov. Zoologies," Vol. II., p. 224, n. 21, (1895). 



,, ,, Rippon, in Wytsman's "Genera Insectorum," Article " Papilionidae," p. 13, (1902). 



$ . Anterior wings, velvety black ; the adnervular rays 

 much subdued, especially the upper ones, by black 

 scales on the grey, giving them the appearance of 

 being rather greasy ; the pseudoneura just visible. The 

 costa of these wings is less arched than in some 

 species, and the apical angle is rather pointed. Posterior 

 wings golden yellow, the narrow black outer margin divi- 

 ded into 4 black cones or lunations, the lowest sur- 

 mounted by clouded patches of black scales on the yellow, 

 extending in dentate form more or less towards the cell ; 

 the abdominal margin and fold black ; the base and costa 

 also black, the veins strongly black. 



Under surface of anterior wings as above. The cell 

 and distal ends of the pseudoneura a little more promi- 

 nent, and partly bordered by white. The submedian 

 and interior margin are black. The undersurface of the 

 posterior wings as above ; the scaled spots from above 

 show faintly through when examined by transmitted 

 light. 



Head, Antennae and Thorax velvety black ; pronotal 

 collar red ; eyes fucous brown ; abdomen above brown, 

 the articuli expressed slightly in yellow ; the sides 

 and subdorsum yellow, with rather large lateral black 

 dots; anal valves light buff. Thorax on the underside 

 velvety black, with the usual pectoral red patches ; legs 

 brown. 



Length of costa 66, of outer margin 51 and inner mar- 

 gin 35 mms. Greatest length of posterior wings 40 and 

 width 25 mms. Length of abdomen or antennae 30, and 

 of thorax with head 20 mms. 



Length of 

 Legs 



1st pair: Femur, 12 ; tibia 9 ; tarsi, 10 mms. 

 2nd „ „ 12 ; „ 11 ; „ 12 „ 

 3rd „ „ 11 ; „ 12 ; „ 15 „ 



Habitat. Most of the Philippine Islands all the year 

 round. Common. Not found in Cochin China, nor in 

 China. 



The species ^Eacus or Rhadamanthus of Boisduval is 

 an inhabitant of Indo-China. 



A number of examples in the author's museum are quite 

 uniform in pattern. 



2 . Anterior wings dark brown,with prominent adnervu- 

 lar white rays, subdued by brown scales ; the pseudo- 

 eura very prominent ; the distal i-3rd of the cell scaled 

 white or grey, with two long black cones terminating close 

 to the distal end of the cell in the grey. Undersurface 

 as above, but the rays are purer white, and more promi- 

 nent, and the sub-median vein runs part of its course 

 through a narrow white streak or ray. 



Posterior wings : the greater part of the cell yellow ; 

 the submedian area yellow, and nearly i-3rd of the discal 

 area yellow ; the remainder of the wing deep black, with 

 an almost obsolete transverse band of minute yellow 

 spots ; the marginal light lunations are creamy buff ; a 

 brown submedian area indents itself strongly into the 

 yellow. Undersurface as above, except that the yellow 

 of the wings is richer and purer ; and the transverse 

 band of cuneiform yellow marks is not obsolete ; in some 

 examples a narrow pale yellow stripe extends up i-3rd of 

 the inner margin from the anal angle, and the sub- 

 median indentation is only indicated by faint scaling. 



Head, antenna? and thorax above black, eyes nitid red- 

 brown ; abdomen above brown, beneath yellow, with small 

 lateral black dots. Thorax beneath black with the usual 

 pectoral red patches ; legs black. 



Length of costa 33, of outer margin 57, and inner 

 margin 44mms. Greatest length of posterior wing 54 

 and width 36 mms. 



Length of abdomen or antennae 30, of thorax with head 

 18 mms. 



T .« f f 1st pair: Femur, 10; tibia, 8 ; tarsi, 11 mms. 

 Length of I / 



LegS ' l 3 rd „ II ; „ 11; „ 15 „ 



,, 11 ; 

 Habitat. Philippine Islands. 

 In the author's museum. 



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