﻿POMPEOPTERA HEPHAESTUS. 



Papilio Hephaestus, Fclder, " Verh. z. b. Ges. Wien," V. 291, p. 291, n. 29. (1864). S 9 . 



„ " Reise Novara," Lep, I., p. 16, n. 8. (1865) <f ? . 

 „ Pompeus, v. Hephastus, Hopffer, •' Stett. E. Zeit." p. 18, n. 2. (1874) i f . 



Snellin, Tijdschr," v. Ent. xxi. p. 37, n. 146. (1878). <? ? . 

 Ornithoptera Hephaestus, Oberth., "Et. d'Ent." IV. p. 31, n. 12. (1879) <? ? . 



„ Pompeus, v. Hephastus, Fickert, " Zool. Jahrbiichern," p. 729. (1889). 



Hephaestus, Holland, " Proc. Boston Soc. N.H." XXIV. p. 77, n. 124. (1890). i ? . 

 Rothschild, " Iris V. p. 442. (1892). 3 2 . 

 Troides Helena Hephaestus, Rothschild, " Novitates Zoologies," Vol. II., p. 222. (1895). 



$ . Anterior wings entirely velvety black, and immacu- 

 late — the veins only slightly visible. Undersurface as above; 

 but a little lighter and glossy towards the outer margin. 



Posterior wings rich golden yellow ; the base and a 

 very small basal portion of the cell black ; the costa and 

 part of the subcostal area obliquely black ; the wings richly 

 black ; half the submedian area and the abdominal 

 margin also black ; and an outer marginal lunate band of 

 black. Undersurface exactly as above, except that there 

 is a small black orbicle above the lunation within the 3rd 

 and 4th median nervules, and the submedian area of 

 black has a ruddy gloss. The abdominal fringe is delicate 

 and black. 



Thorax and head black ; eyes nitid black ; abdomen 

 dorsally black, with a central stripe of fawn colour, and 

 laterally and subdorsally yellow, with the usual lateral 

 black dots very small. Anal segment buff white. 



Length of costa of anterior wing 77, of outer margin 58, 

 and interior margin (which is nearly straight) 38 mms. 

 Greatest length of the posterior wing 43, and width 

 31 mms. Length of abdomen or antennas 30, and of 

 thorax with the head 19 mms. 



The male greatly resembles the $ of Cerberus in its 

 superficial appearance, but the anterior wings are slightly 

 wider in proportion to the posterior, and there are no 

 adnervular light rays visible. 



Habitat : Celebes. I am indebted to the Rev. Alfred 

 Fuller for the pleasure of drawing my figures from his 

 lovely specimens. 



? . Anterior wings black, with buff-coloured adnervular 

 rays, subdued somewhat by scaling, whereof the 1st, 2nd 

 and 3rd median are perfect, but much subdued as they 

 reach the outer margin, those above are only rudimentary, 

 or nearly obsolete, except close to the cell, and between 

 the 1st and 2nd subcostal nervules ; the cell is margined 

 also at its upper part, halfway from the distal end, with 

 a buff-white streak, and a very narrow distal continuation 

 curves round to the median vein ; there is a very faint 

 trace of a ray at the 3rd median branch, and a conspicu- 

 ous ray spot, strangely divided by the submedian vein 

 near the posterior angle. Undersurface as above, except 

 that all the rays are a purer buff-white, more complete 

 and pronounced, and the cell streak extends at its upper 

 part from the distal end nearly to the base. 



Posterior wings : the description of the cotype from the 

 Felder collection, printed on the next column, serves for 

 the description of the example now under consideration, 

 except that part of the submedian, and the inner sub- 

 marginal areas are black. Undersurface almost entirely 

 as above. [See plate 36.] 



Thorax and body nearly as in the Felder cotype. 



[The ? type form has the light rays of the anterior 

 wings more perfect and prominent, as in the cotype on 

 plate 36 of this work.] 



Length of costa 81, of outer margin 62, and of interior 

 margin 43 mms. [The interior margin is nearly straight.] 

 Length of posterior wing 48, and width 36 mms. 



The posterior wings strongly resemble those of Felder's 

 Plato [plate 39, figs. 5, 6]. 



Hab. : N. Celebes. From the collection of the Rev. 

 Alfred Fuller. 



S . Anterior wings warm brownish black — lighter to- 

 wards the outer margin ; the adnervular rays white, 

 and scaled towards the outer margin : these rays, or 

 areas of white, extend from the subcostal vein to the 

 3rd median nervule ; to the 2nd submedian the rays 

 are united at near the discoidal cell, and the white area 

 is continued to i-3rd of the cell at the distal end as a 

 series of 3 elongate marks ; the 3rd median ray is short, 

 commencing a little less than half-way from the cell ; 

 a short submedian above, and a longer white stripe 

 below the submedian vein completes the light marks of 

 the anterior wing above, these are slightly bluish green. 

 Under surface of wings as above, except that all the 

 white areas are purer, less scaled, and more definite in 

 outline. Posterior wings golden yellow ; the basal half of the 

 cell, and all but a narrow yellow subcostal mark black ; 

 the abdominal and submedian area warm brown, with 

 a yellowish white lunation at the inner angle, extending 

 to the base as a couple of light streaks, and enclosing an 

 elongate black spot ; there is a transverse discal row of 

 6 black subhastate black spots, the upper one being the 

 largest ; and a submarginal lunate black band ; the fringe 

 lunules of all the wings are short, thin, and white. 

 Under surface as above, except that the black marks are 

 slightly outlined with white scales, there is no black mark 

 at the abdominal angle, and the submedian area is, with 

 the exception of the abdominal angle, entirely warm 

 brown. 



Thorax brown-black ; eyes castaneous brown ; abdo- 

 men warm brown ; laterally and subdorsally yellow white, 

 with lateral black dots, and subdorsum slightly black ; 

 pronotal collar red, and the usual thoracic red marks 

 above the legs. 



Length of costa of anterior wing 77 and width of wing 

 42 mms. ; length of posterior wing 49 and width 35 mms. 



Habitat Celebes. Lorquin. From Felder's subtype, 

 in the Tring Museum. 



This is a variation from the Felder type. 



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