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P. PLATENI. 



<? . From Palawan. A subcostal yellow mark divided 

 by ragged edges of black, and a small submarginal yellow 

 spot below the 2nd vein of the posterior wing. <? . With 

 long yellow.stripe near the second vein, and a slight yellow 

 spot in the cell of posterior wing. 



P. ANDROMACHE. 



2 . Anterior wing uniformly grey-white ; amount of 

 yellow very much restricted in one or two examples. 

 Undersurface with deeper clouding than above. 



2 . Anterior wings with large light area ; the outer 

 margin narrowly light fuscous brown, but increasing to 

 double the width towards the apical angle, and very 

 sinuate ; the discal area clouded wave-like by very light 

 brown scales — most extensive at the basal end of the 

 sub-median sinus, lighter on the inner margin. 



? . Example very small, and more darkly clouded. 

 From Kina Balu. 



P. /EACUS or RHADAMANTHUS. 



Common in low valleys in Western and Central China 

 from May to October. 



Beccari, u Annali del Museo di Storia Naturale digenova," 

 vol. 15, 1879-80, remarks : " The Ornithoptera are very 

 difficult to capture." Some species were taken in the Isle of 

 Yule (N. Guinea), by M. Albertis, also at Mount Epa in 

 1875. Of these (Poseidon) ? 2 with anterior wings clear 

 brown, and slightly grey at the extremity of the wings 

 above. Also in N. West N. Guinea the 2 2 were uniform 

 brown on the wings (probably the form brunneus) ; at 

 Somerset, Cape York, examples with wings uniformly 

 brown black ; at Andai, N. Guinea, in 1872 he took a 

 variety — " colour du fond est d'un brun fonce uniforme 

 avec les parties blanchatres tres obliterees par l'envahise- 

 ment de la teinte brune, a l'aile superieure." 



P. CUNEIFERA. 



$ With no black maculae on the posterior wing, or 

 only one or two black spots, very large. From W. Java. 



