of green atoms : the 4th between the 4th and 5th sub- 

 costal branches more than i-3rd towards the outer margin, 

 and pointed at its apex, followed by a few bright green 

 atoms on the black : the fifth along the greater midway 

 portion between the cell and outer margin : the 6th and 

 7th are small submarginal adnervular patches ; the other 

 half the wing is bright golden green, including the greater 

 part of the discoidal cell — the median vein, and its 2nd 

 and 3rd branches being broadly bordered with black, and 

 the submedian nervure also black, but not bordered with 

 black ; the outer and inner margins are narrowly black 

 except at the upper half of the wing where it graduates 

 into the general black area. Under-surface of the posterior 

 wings as above, except that all the colours are, if possible 

 more delicately bright, and that there is no black on the 

 wing, except the faintly visible black nervules ; and that 

 the submedian and inner-marginal areas are pearly 

 silvery grey, divided by a greenish line ; a creamy-white 

 fringe of very long hairs is attached to the sub-median 

 fold, Avhich when the insect is resting, covers on each side 

 nearly the whole of the abdomen ; the tail spatula is 

 green, as above. 



Head black ; eyes, dark brown and prominent, under- 

 lined prominently with white ; antennas, black and long. 



Thorax : above velvety black, with a central golden 

 green corset-like divided patch, more beautifully formed 

 than even in Paradisea ; below this patch is a pair of 

 triangulate green marks, their broadest above ; the 

 sternum with a small red patch near the base between 

 the 1st and 2nd pairs of legs — with a slight patch of 

 yellow hairs next the red, and towards the abdomen ; the 

 remainder of the thorax dark brown ; the legs are ivory- 

 black, the tibiae especially being polished. The femora 

 are normal in shape ; the tibiae are very broad, especially 

 of the 3rd pair of legs, and strongly remind one of the 

 tibiae of some Hymenoptera ; the tarsi are quite thread- 

 like. Abdomen : golden lemon yellow, very delicate and 

 bright ; dorsum with a silvery grey longitudinal depression 

 down the middle ; the anal segment with the black sub- 

 triangulate mark over the valves rather more prominent 

 than in Paradisea ; the usual subdorsal black dots. The 

 anal segment and valves resemble those of Paradisea. 



Length of costa 59, of posterior margin 48, and of in- 

 terior margin, 29 mms. ; of posterior wing — costa ig, of 

 posterior margin to the base of the tail 30, of the re- 

 mainder of posterior margin to the anal angle 4J, and of 

 the inner margin 16 mms. ; of the tail to the spatula 10 

 mms. ; spatula 3 long, 2 wide ; thread-like point of 

 spatula 3 mms., or 16 mms. in all as the length of the 

 tail; greatest width of the hind wing 15, least width, 

 5 mms. 



Abdomen : length 30 mms. ; greatest width 9 ; least 

 width 5 mms. 



Thorax and head, 20 mms. ; antennae 32 mms. 



Legs, 



including the 

 trochanters. 



1st pair, femur 10 ; tibia, 8 ; tarsus 13 mms. 

 2nd „ „ 11; ,, 12; „ 15 ,, 

 3rd ,, „ 11; „ 11; „ 15 „ 



Hab. Mailu, British New Guinea. (Meek). In the 

 Rothschild Tring Museum. 



Points of Difference from Paradisea. 



(d) 

 (*) 



(/) 



(g) 

 (h) 



if) 



Outline of anterior wing : Paradisea outer margin con- 

 vex ; Mcridionalis irregularly concave and convex. 



Outline of posterior wing : Paradisea outer margin 

 begins convex, but towards the tail is more con- 

 cave ; Mcridionalis very concave, and a straighter 

 portion on the right side of tail. 



Caudal prolongation of Paradisea long, narrow, and 

 curved, but otherwise very Papilionine ; Mcridionalis 

 thread-like, curved and flexible, with a green leaf- 

 like spatula. 



Posterior wing : outer marginal thin black border in 

 Paradisea ; green border in Mcridionalis. 



Abdominal margin : fold and area to the median vein 

 black above in Paradisea ; black and green in 



Meridionalis. 



Thorax : corset-like green mark different in shape in 

 Meridionalis from that of Paradisea ; and with a 

 pair of triangulate green marks below it in the 

 former. 



Abdomen : with black dorsal stripe, divided by white 

 in Victories ; a dorsal silver-grey longitudinal de- 

 pression in Meridionalis. 



Legs : the femora yellow in Paradisea ; black in 

 Meridionalis ; tibia, normal and black in Paradisea ; 

 ivory-like and very broad in Meridionalis ; tarsi, 

 sufficiently stout in Paradisea; thin and almost 

 thread-like in Mcridionalis. 



The pectoral red patch only on the thorax of Paradisea; 

 a yellow patch of hair-like scales follows the red in 

 Meridionalis. 



This species is less closely related to Tithonus than 

 Paradisea. 



SCHOENBERGIA TITHONUS. 



$ . V. Waigeuensis. An example in the Tring Museum, 

 with the discal spots of black on the posterior wings 

 smaller than in the type form, the 1st spot being the 

 largest. Also on the underside of the anterior wing the 

 black internervular spots are very small ; and all the pos- 

 terior wing spots are smaller than in the type form. The 

 cell in another example on the lower wing with a greater 

 space occupied by the golden yellow. 



[I must here ask the reader to refer to page xx., and in 

 the " Addendum to page xvi., Schoenbergia Tithonus, 



De Haan type form (?) Rothschild "J to delete the " (?) " 

 from his mind, as I find I misunderstood what Mr. 

 Rothschild said about the locality from which he received, 

 this insect. The facts are that the Kapaur examples 

 represent the typical Tithonus and the Waigeu specimen 

 from which my PI. V. was drawn, is a variety, (7. 

 Waigeuensis). Mr. Rothschild assures me in a letter that 

 Kapaur, on the mainland of New Guinea, is the exact 

 spot where Solomon Muellen caught the type, now in 

 the Leyden Museum. 



