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POMPEOPTERA ANDROMACHE. 



Ornithoptera Andromache, Staudinger, Iris, Tab. viii., i and S , Band 7, Heft, 2, p. 341, (1894). 

 Troides Andromache, W. Rothschild, Novit. Zool., Vol. II., p. 228, n. 24, (1895). 



<? . Primaries entirely velvety-black ; nervules obscured 

 by the black ; with a transverse light shade, modifying a 

 part of the discal black, caused by the marks of the under- 

 surface being slightly transmitted through ; undersurface 

 black, much lighter towards the posterior margin, with 

 reddish nervures and branches ; at the distal end of the 

 cell is a yellow mark, divided broadly by the 2nd pseudo- 

 neurus ; the disc with a broad whitish transverse band, 

 divided by the nervules, each internervular division 

 strongly arrow-like, the points towards the discoidal cell, 

 and suffused with yellow, with the bases a pinkish white ; 

 fringe lunules, which are very delicate, white. Secondaries, 

 above, a rich glowing warm or golden yellow, shading into 

 a delicate lemon tint towards the posterior margin by any 

 change of light or position ; base black ; posterior mar- 

 ginal band black, and gracefully and strongly lunated (or 

 rather dentated) ; abdominal margin a warm velvety- 

 black, including the abdominal fold, with tolerably long 

 fringe-hairs. The veins delicate and black, with the 

 subcostal nervure curved from the base ; wing outline 

 only moderately lunate. 



Undersurface similar in all respects to the above, 

 except that the obverse side of the abdominal fold is 

 rather a lighter brown-black, with an anal streak of golden 

 yellow atoms, and a few of the same on the black lunation 

 next above it ; the costal margin is narrowly black, and 

 the yellow internervular space next to it is partly darker, 

 from the upper surface black shewing through. 



Head and thorax black ; eyes castaneous ; pronotal 

 red collar prominent ; abdomen reddish-black above 

 with 2 yellow marks on the penultimate segment ; sub- 

 dorsal yellow growing gradually broader, till at the penul- 

 timate segment it is entirely of that colour ; articulations 

 intensely subdued by black atoms ; anal valves pinkish- 

 pearly white, and fairly pointed ; legs almost hidden in 

 the thoracic black, when at rest ; thorax with no pectoral 

 red spots. 



Length of thorax with head, 20 mms. ; of abdomen or 

 antennae, 26 mms. 



Costa, 62 mms. ; width of wing, 37 mms. ; posterior 

 margin, 43 mms. ; inner margin, 31 mms. ; width of 

 posterior wings, 33 mms. ; length, 40 mms. 



Of Legs 



(including the 

 trochanters) 



1st pair: femur, g; tibia, 6; tarsi, 10 mms. 

 2nd „ : „ 11; „ 10; „ 13 ,, 

 3rd „ : „ 10; „ 11; „ 13 „ 



2 . Primaries. Peppered creamy white, — the atoms 

 are reddish and are scattered equally, except between the 

 3rd median nervure and the submedian nervule, where 

 they are more dense or clouded midway from the base ; 

 the veins all ruddy brown-black and very prominent — 

 the discocellular nervules broadest of all ; from the costa 



to the 2nd submedian branch a ruddy brown — darkest 

 towards the base ; a broad submarginal red-brown band 

 is nearly equally indented strongly in the direction of the 

 cell, between the nervules, becoming much larger as they 

 approach the apical angle ; base of the wing dark red- 

 brown. Undersurface the same as above, except that 

 the large light area is a reddish creamy white, the pep- 

 perings very faint, and the dentations of the marginal 

 band are at their apices slightly divided with white, and 

 dusted half way on the darker portions with reddish white 

 atoms, except towards the apex of the wing ; fringe lunules 

 prominent and white. 



Secondaries. The area from the base to a little way 

 beyond the cell in every direction a greenish lemon-yellow, 

 slightly speckled with black atoms and hairs ; the re- 

 mainder of the wing is a deep brownish black, with a 

 submarginal band of cuneiform lemon yellow marks, 

 divided each by a dark nervure, and subdued by black 

 atoms till at the abdominal margin they are rendered 

 quite obscure ; towards the cell the discal black is concavely 

 lunate, and the effect of the submarginal yellow marks is to 

 suggest a discal band composed of 7 black cones united 

 with the black marginal dentations : the largest of the 

 yellow divisions is between the 1st and 2nd subcostal 

 nervures ; posterior margin with creamy-white fringe 

 lunules. Undersurface as above, except that the yellow 

 submarginal band is brighter, with fewer black atoms, 

 and is rather broader, the inner discal black forming a 

 series of cones, with their points towards the cell, of which 

 the 1st is continuous with the black of the costa and base; 

 the veins stout, and distinct on the yellow parts. 



Thorax black pilose ; head black, with castaneous eyes ; 

 pronotal collar red ; no pectoral red spots ; abdomen 

 brown above, pale greenish yellow below, with black 

 lateral dots, and a double row ot ventral black linear 

 spots ; the legs black, with femora nearly concealed by 

 the pectoral black ; anal tuft prominent, and slightly 

 darker than the segment. 



Costa, 80 mms. ; width of wing, 47 mms. ; posterior 

 margin 54, and interior margin 45 mms. Secondaries : 

 width 35, length 57, length of abdominal margin, 37 

 mms. 



Length of thorax with head, 20 mms. ; abdomen, 33 

 mms. ; antennae, 30 mms. 



Legs: 



1st pair 

 2nd ,, 

 3rd „ 



femur, 10; tibia, 7; tarsi, 11 mms. 



Ijai 12 ; ,, 11 ; „ 15 „ 

 ,, 11 ; 11 ; ,, 14 „ 



Hab. : Kina Balu, Borneo. 



In museum of Hon. W. Rothschild. 



