XV. 



All things considered then we are justified in placing 

 the members constituting the genus Schoenbergia im- 

 mediately preceding Ornithoptera. 



I now proceed to describe the beautiful examples from 

 which I have drawn the plate. 



$ . Primaries with costa rather more arched than in 

 Paradisea, the posterior margin slightly concave, without 

 dentations, inner margin gracefully curved ; wing velvety 

 black ; with 3 very irregular-formed golden-green bands: — 

 the 1st, under the subcostal nervure commences at the 

 base as a fine line of green atoms, widening as it advances 

 towards the apical angle till it becomes a broad patch, 

 occupying most of the area bounded by the 2nd and 5th 

 subcostal nervules : the 2nd begins within the discoidal 

 cell narrowly at a junction with the base of the 1st median 

 branch, and broadens somewhat along the median nervure, 

 forming a j unction with the large irregular-shaped discal 

 patch, from which it is only divided by the median 

 nervure, the submarginal portion terminating in a thin 

 transverse streak at the 2nd discoidal nervule ; the discal 

 area thus occupied includes nearly half the space between 

 the 3 median nervules and the submedian nervure, the 

 upper portion being slightly excised by the black ; the 

 3rd green band runs from the base along the interior 

 margin about 2-3rds between the margin and the subcostal 

 nervure, but becomes narrower as it approaches the anal 

 angle ; midway of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th subcostal inter- 

 nervular green spaces are 2 small elongate golden spots, 

 the upper one much the largest ; the edges of all the green 

 bands are softened by golden-green atoms, and all the 3 

 green bands become gradually more golden towards the 

 hind margin. On the under surface the greater portion 

 of the wing area is golden green, with a narrow black hind 

 margin ; the costal and subcostal space is brownish black, 

 as is the inner margin as far as the submedian nervule, 

 the black forming a curve or arch from the base to a sub- 

 marginal black spot with which it coalesces ; there is also 

 a submarginal row of 4 other black spots in the green ; 

 the green occupies the greater part of the cell to nearly 

 5-6ths from the base, and is encroached upon in the upper 

 part of the cell in a curved line by the black ; a large 

 black transverse patch, strongly indented on both sides 

 occupies the distal end of the cell, and more or less space 

 outside from the 4th subcostal to the 1st median nervules; 

 a small green spot is close to the median vein between 

 the 2nd discoidal and 1st median branches ; a longitudinal 

 green apical mark almost united by green atoms with the 

 discal green area, a 2nd smaller submarginal is between 

 the 4th and 5th subcostal branches ; an elongated golden 

 spot also in the green between the same nervules, and a thin 

 golden stripe between the next nervule below. The veins are 

 all well expressed in the green ; but on the upper surface 

 they are practically invisible in the black, though obtrusive 

 on the green, so far as the median vein is concerned. 



Secondaries, smaller in proportion than the primaries ; 

 suboval in form, the curvatures of all the margins being 

 exquisitely graceful ; the abdominal margin is sharply 

 divided by the median fold, and excised as in Paradisea, 

 the silky buff fold curved over on to the black in the most 

 delicate and graceful manner, with very long buff-coloured 

 hairs, nearly as extensive as in Paradisea; the wing is 

 silky golden 3-4ths of the cell from the base, with a 

 narrow margin of green ; the greater portion of the disc 

 from the subcostal to near the 1st median nervules the 

 same silky golden, as is also a broad subanal patch 

 between the 2nd discoidal and 2nd median branches ; a 



submarginal band commences at the anal angle, pro- 

 ceeding to the apical, and encroaching by deep convex 

 lunations into the golden between the submedian vein and 

 1st subcostal branch, also between the 1st and 2nd, and 

 the 2nd and discoidal nervules, each lunation containing 

 an orbicular black spot, whereof the upper one is the 

 largest ; the posterior margin is narrowly black, as is also 

 the whole of the submedian space, with a congeries of 

 golden green atoms midway near the median vein ; all 

 the black with its edges softened into the golden green by 

 atoms of golden green. Undersurface similar to above 

 except that the 3 discal suborbicular black spots are 

 rather larger ; and there is an ovoid black spot on the 

 green at the end of the cell, a cuneiform black spot 

 between the discoidal branch and the 1st median, and 

 a black stripe between the 1st and 2nd median 

 nervules ; the submedian space is green, with a short 

 black stripe from the base nearly to where the 3rd median 

 branch begins, and the costal margin black, with a stripe 

 of green atoms extending from half way to the apical 

 angle ; the underside of the abdominal fold is greyish- 

 buff and silky, with a dense fringe of light-sienna hairs, 

 lighter at near the anal angle, which nearly encloses the 

 abdomen when the insect is in a state of rest ; the 

 nervules all very delicate and most gracefully curved, the 

 distance between the 2nd and 3rd median branches being 

 very narrow ; the posterior margin forms a very narrow 

 black line ; base of the wing black, but the precostal cell 

 is yellow on both surfaces. 



Head, antennae, thorax and legs velvety black ; eyes 

 brown black ; thorax with pectoral red spots ; femora 

 probably black instead of yellow as in Paradisea ; abdomen 

 very silky golden yellow, with a silky bottle-green dorsal 

 stripe, suffused in the yellow from the 2nd to the 6th 

 segment; the basal or 1st segment, black, with a central 

 yellow silky spot ; subdorsum pale yellow, with large 

 lateral black dots ; anal valves golden yellow, with the 

 usual anal black mark. 



Thorax with head, 10 mms. ; antennas or abdomen 16 

 mms. ; costa 74 mms. ; posterior margin 50, and interior 

 margin 36 mms. ; width of wing 40 mms. ; width of hind 

 wing (not including the abdominal fringe) 24 mms. ; 

 length 51 mms. Legs too imperfect for measurement. 



Hab. : Waigeu, or Waigiou. 



2 . Form, (outline) and colour of the wings similar to 

 those of Paradisea. Primaries in colour and markings re- 

 semblePararf/s£fl,exceptthatthewhite discocellular patch is 

 larger and squarer, though of irregularly indented outline, 

 — the rest of the white markings are larger or longer 

 than in Paradisea, and instead of 2 small discal white 

 marks (as in Paradisea) there are 4 in the internervular 

 spaces between the 2nd discoidal branch, and the sub- 

 median fold (or sinus), the 1st and 4th being small, and 

 the 2nd and 3rd much larger, — the submarginal band of 

 spots and markings are 9 in number instead of 8 

 as in Paradisea, and the lower 5 are lunate, —a white 

 streak is between the 2nd and 3rd subcostal branches, 

 all the white marks are colder in tint than those of 

 Paradisea, and the marginal ends are modified in tone 

 by myriads of dark scales — whereby the lunate spots 

 are thus made grey. Undersurface almost entirely 

 as above except, that the white markings are somewhat 

 creamy in tint, and are not dusted with dark atoms, and 

 the black parts of the wings are warm sepia in tone. 



