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wing. The abdomen dark-greyish ochraceous white, with 

 a longitudinal dark discal stripe from the ist to the 4th 

 annulus ; subdorsum golden yellow, with the usual lateral 

 black dots, and other darker characters ; thorax velvety 

 black — the pale greenish golden longitudinal mark very 

 narrow : the pectoral red patches below are extensive, so 

 that nearly the whole underside is clothed with this 

 hirsute red ; the eyes deep castaneous brown, underlined 

 as usual. 



Length of costa, 77 mms. ; greatest width of wing, 54 

 mms. ; width of posterior wing, 34 mms. ; length of wing, 

 51 or 52 mms ; length of abdomen or antennas, 32, and 

 of thorax with head, 20 mms. 



Hab. St. Aignan. Collected by Mr. Meek. Drawn 

 and described from Mr. Rothschild's type. [See PI. 19, 

 figs. 3, 4] . 



I have specially described these two examples for the 

 sake of comparison with other varieties of Urvilliana. 

 The student can then form his opinion as to whether this 

 form is sufficiently differentiated from other local examples 

 to merit a distinctive name, or whether its only title to 

 special consideration is its smaller size — the view I am 

 myself compelled to take. It is interesting as having been 

 taken in this locality, but I see no reason why it should 

 not occur in the Louisiade Archipelago, and in other 

 islands intermediate from New Britain and the Solomon's 

 also. I here call attention to the fact that on the upper 

 surface of the posterior wings of the 2 , the discal dark 

 spots in the light area, if viewed in a slightly oblique 

 position against the light will be seen to be pupillated 

 each with a blacker orbicle. This feature occasionally 

 occurs in examples of other species. 



I have, since writing the foregoing, seen a number of 

 2 specimens, and find an universal stability in the size 

 and shape of the markings of the ant. wing, and in the 

 other light marks also, which I consider fully justifies Mr. 

 Rothschild in giving it a variety name. 



M. VICTORIA. 



Ornithoptera Victorias, Haase, " Untersuch iib. Mim." p. 24, 1893, j ? . 



Troides Yictorias, Rothschild, "Entomologist," XXVIIL, p. 78 (1895), <? ?. 

 Guadalcanal 



„ „ " Novitates Zoological," Vol. II., p. 196, n. 6, p. 197. 



In the Tring Museum 6 $ , 8 2 , Larva and pupa, 

 Guadalcanar. In the Brit. Museum 3 6* , Guadalcanar. 

 Under surface of one example (posterior wing) with square 

 golden silky submarginal spots ; 10 2 , same locality ; 1 

 2 from Wanderer Bay, Guadalcanar (the type). 1 6", 

 Florida Island, with the darker marks smaller than usual. 



In the author's museum 5 2 , Guadalcanar. Dr. 

 Staudinger's Coll. 1 6* , 2 2 same locality. Mr. Crowley's 

 Coll. 3 2 , (?) 2 . 



This species has also been taken in Shortland Island, 

 Bougainville Island ; and the $ was seen in the Rubiana 

 Lagoon by Woodford. 



M. REGIN.E. 



Troides Victorias Reginae, Rothschild, •' Entomologist," XXVIIL, p. 78 (1895). 



In the Tring Museum i S , 3 2 ; British Museum 1 $ 

 ex. G. et Salv. Coll. (the type) ; in the collection of Mr. 

 H. Grose-Smith, S ; in Staudinger's Coll. 3 2 . 



M. REGIS. 



Troides Victorias Regis, Rothschild, " Ent. XXVIII." p. 78. 

 „ ,, „ Nov. Zool. II., p. 197. 



6* . Ant. wing a rich brown black. The apical patch 

 of the anterior wing almost entirely intense golden orange, 

 slightly shading into green at nearest the margin ; this 

 patch is rather larger than in the type Victories, and draws 

 nearer to the green area of the wing than in either Victoria 

 or Regince ; the silky green area from the base occupies 

 rather less than i-3rd of the wing length, and does not 

 extend upwards above the costal nervure, very golden in 

 the sunlight ; part of the cell and disc around the stigmatic 

 brand (which is a light warm brown) is shot with purple, 

 orange red, and opal, which can only be seen glowing 

 over the black when the insect is viewed in the right 

 position for light : when the sunshine falls upon the wings 

 parts of the more elevated surfaces then glow like fire. 



Posterior wings a rich bluish green, shading according 

 to the position of the insect into a vivid golden green ; 

 this area of green is continuous from the base over the 

 greater part of the wing ; the costal margin is narrowly 

 velvet black ; the posterior margin has an indented fairly 

 broad band of black, which is continued to the anal angle, 

 and also fills all but a narrow space from the abdominal 

 margin to the median nervure (the green of the wing fills 

 that narrow space) ; a broad indented golden orange sub- 

 marginal band contains on the 2 lower internervular spaces 

 a spot of silky golden orange ; the green space between 

 the discoidal and ist median nervules is slightly dusted with 

 black scales ; between the ist and 2nd median nervules 

 heavily dusted, so as to appear nearly solid black in the 

 centre, and between the 2nd and 3rd as heavily up 2-3rds 

 of the space from the golden orange band ; when viewed 

 opposite the light the orange band is flaming in intensity, 

 against the light it is a dull blue green. 



Underside. Anterior wings, silky brownish black ; the 

 greater portion of the discoidal cell, all between the 

 median nervure and where the stigma would be, is a fiery 

 golden orange, as also a transverse, broad and scalloped 

 or indented band which is a continuous part of this golden 

 area right up to the 3rd subcostal nervule ; there are also 

 4 subdiscal internervular greenish orange marks, the first 

 being nearly square and large, the others small or rudi- 

 mentary. Posterior wings intense glowing golden orange, 

 varying in brilliancy with every change of light, redder 

 towards the outer and abdominal margins. Viewed against 

 the light the whole of the silky orange of both wings 

 becomes golden russet green ; but opposite the light it 

 seems almost on fire ; the costal margin narrowly velvet 

 black ; the 4 submarginal black spots or marks on the 

 ends of the nervules are much larger than in Victories, and 

 a small, deep, golden orange spot is placed between each 



