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Miscellaneous Notes on the Species and Genera of Troides not included in the 

 previous descriptions, and nearly all in the Rothschild Museum at Tring. 



SCH. PARADISEA. 



Friihstorfer, in the " Organ of the International Ento- 

 mological Society, Zurich-Hottinger," No. 7, p. 51 (1903) 

 describes an aberration aurifl.ua, from Kaiser Wilhelms- 

 land. 



Examples of the 2 from Constantinhafen with all the 

 black spots smaller than in the specimen figured in plate 

 IV, Vol. I of this work, and with the abdominal marginal 

 fringe of the <? the purest white ; in two others from 

 Binga, N. Guinea, the fringe is ochraceous white. 



2 . All light macular, very ochraceous golden white ; 

 the posterior wings especially with rich submarginal 

 ochraceous area, dotted with black and very small 

 orbicles ; the marginal band very narrow. From Finis- 

 terre Mountains, N. Guinea 



2 . Hind wings smaller in proportion than the fore 

 wings ; the maculas rather larger ; the light ones very white. 

 The hind wings, with the area below the spots ochraceous 

 brown. From the same locality. 



SCH. MER1DIONALIS. 



An example of the <? from the Upper Aroa River : the 

 obdominal marginal fringe very long and delicate, flowing 

 down round the abdomen and above, so as almost to 

 conceal it. 



In some cases the body of Paradisea, on the upper 

 surface is intensely white, with longitudinal central black 

 lines, the yellow narrowed at the base and widening till 

 the last three segments are entirely yellow ; some 2 2 

 are quite small. 



Sch. Meridionalis is captured at the end of June. 



SCH. TITHONUS FROM WAIGEU. 



Anterior wing of $ small. The white area of the 2 

 anterior wing and cell form two bands practically nearly 

 enclosing an irregular dark space ; on the lower half of 

 the wings the white marks are large, a me collection. 



2 . The cell marks very large. Example from Waigeu 

 larger than from N. Guinea ; all the white maculae very 

 large. 



SCH. TITAN. 



A $ from Geelvink Bay with three green orbicular 

 discal spots on the posterior wing, the lowest and largest 

 with a black spot on the inner point of it. 



A 2 from Aroa River with the anterior wings entirely 

 dark rufous-brown ; an outer row of very small, almost 

 obsolete, white spots, three in number : an inner cuneiform 

 spot between the 2nd and 3rd median branches ; with 

 faint traces of subcostal white streaks. Under surface, 

 with the outer row of 6 spots, and an inner spot or mark 

 rather larger than usual. The posterior wing yellow area 

 above orange-yellow and white and scaled : more strongly 

 orange at the anal angle. 



O. PRIAMUS. 



$ . Small ; somewhat like Euphorion (or Richmondia) 

 and bluish-green. 



O. POSEIDON, v. PRONOMUS. 



2 2 . Very dark, and with few markings ; from Cook- 

 town. 



O. POSEIDON. 



$ . From Kiriwini : posterior wing base above the cell 

 with a black patch, followed by green and black from the 

 costa — all scaled from the base. 



2 . Very large. Anterior wing with one small spot 

 between the 2nd and 3rd median branches ; very pale 

 brown wing. The posterior wing is darker. 2 . Similar, 

 but with a submarginal row of five light spots ; from the 

 j Trobriand Islands. 2 from Fergusson Island : anterior 

 wing with few spots, very small or absent. $ very blue, 

 like Eumczus, and small, with large white marks. 



<? . From Milne Bay and Mailu, very golden green, and 

 bluish posterior wings. 



2 . Var. brunnea from Milne Bay ; no spots on the 

 anterior wings. 2 with normal large spots, from Redsca 

 Bay, N. Guinea. 



<? . Bluish green ; Brown River, N. Guinea. 



$ . With the inner discal spots showing through from 

 the under surface ; from Milne Bay. 



