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fined to a fixed locality. The butterfly is very common in most districts. Tubercles of the larva red with black 
tips; a white oblique band on the 7. segment; fork on the neck red. Egg brown (Kubary). — Whether boisduvali boisduvali. 
Montr. (= oceanus Fldr.), from Woodlark, is different from poseidon we cannot say, having seen no specimen of it. 
The description agrees with poseidon; the insect appears to be very rare or very local. A. S. Meek, who has twice 
collected on Woodlark, saw only a single specimen, a $. — pronomus Gray. The (Jwith a green median line on the pronomus. 
forewing; the cell-spot of the forewing beneath does not reach the base and in most specimens is confined to the 
distal half of the cell; the hindwing bears (always?) a subcostal gold spot; on the underside the cell is posteri¬ 
orly and often also at the apex edged with black and the distal margin of the wing is somewhat more broadly 
black than in poseidon. In the $ the white markings of the forewing are usually only slightly dusted with black, 
the cell-spot is at least of medium size and the submarginal spots are always large. Cape York. The specimens 
from Thursday Island agree partly with pronomus, partly with poseidon. — euphorion Gray (= cassandra Scott) euphorion. 
(1 b) inhabits northern Queensland with the exception of the most northern districts. without green median 
stripe on the forewing, the green submarginal band irregularly undulate, the green markings of the underside 
very much reduced, especially the cell-spot, the cell of the hindwing completely or almost completely surrounded 
with black, the black discal spots large, the black margin broad. In the $ the white markings smaller, on the 
upperside of the hindwing strongly shaded with black; abdomen above greyish black, prothorax laterally broadly 
red. Larva brown, without white oblique band, the tubercles black with a yellow ring, the dorsal tubercles 
of segment 7 yellow with black tip. Pupa as in the preceding forms above yellow, beneath brownish yellow. 
The <$<$ are commonly found in pairs, one <$ following the other. Both sexes visit by preference the flowers of 
wild melons in open spaces in the woods.— richmondia Gray (= richmondii Schneid.). A small form, which richmondia. 
occurs in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. $ similar to euphorion-<$, the posterior green 
band of the forewing not reaching the base of the wing, commonly reduced to a submarginal band, which is 
sometimes very short. In the $ the green median line of the thorax absent or only indicated; the prothorax 
less extended red than in euphorion; the patches reduced as in that subspecies, but the wedge-spots of the hind¬ 
wing longer and the 2. submarginal spot produced into a line basad behind the subcostal, so that an outwardly 
thickened semicircle or a hammer-shaped patch is formed. Larva somewhat paler than in pronomus, with slightly 
greenish tinge, the fork on the neck (osmaterium) greenish yellow, the tubercles much as in the preceding form; 
on Aristolochia praevenosa. The freshly emerged larva has black spinose tubercles, only the dorsal tubercles 
of segment 7 are almost entirely yellow. Pupa vivid green. The egg laid on the underside of a leaf. — - cae- caelestis. 
lestis Rothsch. (3 a). Likewise small. <$ blue, resembling small specimens of urvillianus, the distal margin of 
the hindwing above and beneath more broadly black, especially anteriorly, and strongly dentate; on the under 
surface the cell-spot of the forewing long, the hindwing with dense metallic scaling before the costa in the basal 
half, the cell only edged with black anteriorly and but very narrowly, the yellow anal area extended almost to 
the cell, the black spot in it, if present, smaller than the preceding spot. ground of the wings darker than 
in urvillianus, the two anterior black discal spots of the under surface of the hindwing consequently less distinctly 
brought out; the patches of the upper surface dusted over with blackish, the cell-spot of the forewing large, 
longer than broad, produced basad, distally once or twice excised or scalloped, between the 3. radial and the 
submedian fold 3 elongated discal patches, of which the middle one is the largest, the submarginal and the anterior 
discal spots similar to those of urvillianus; the brown-black marginal band of the forewing broader, especially 
the wedge-spot placed between the 1. and 2. radials distally more deeply scalloped. Pupa above between the 
wing-cases yellow. St. Aignan, Sudest and Rossel, Louisiades. The occurrence of a blue form on these islands 
lying in the direct prolongation of the south-east point of New Guinea is very striking. — bornemanni Pagenst. bornemanni. 
<$ green; the band running along the hindmargin of the forewing only slightly developed; the hindwing in the 
basal half, especially in the cell, more or less sparsely scaled with green, the black submarginal spots small. 
$ very similar to poseidon- §£, with well developed white markings, but paler blackish brown, therefore the 
two anterior black discal spots of the hindwing beneath more distinct; the white markings of the upper surface, 
especially on the hind wing, dusted over with blackish, the wedge-spots of the latter proximally pointed and 
not reaching the cell. New Pomerania (= New Britain) and French Islands. — miokensis Ribbe, from Mioko, miokensis. 
is green-blue (J). We have only seen bred specimens, and draw attention to the fact that bred specimens of the 
next subspecies killed too soon have also a greenish tone. — urvillianus Guer. (2 b). G blue; hindwing similarly urvillianus. 
as in bornemanni more or less black from the base to the middle or beyond, discal spots above and beneath large; 
the cell in the specimens from the Solomon Islands mostly strongly edged with black, which is rarely the case in 
the specimens from New Hanover, also in individuals from the Solomons the black spot placed in the yellow 
anal area almost always larger than the preceding one; specimens with a subcostal gold spot are ^-ab. flavoma- flavomacu- 
culata Ribbe. $ pale blackish brown, the white markings mostly small and strongly dusted over with blackish; ^ a • 
the wedge-spots of the hindwing pointed and the vein-stripes separating them mostly broad, the patch placed 
in the 2. marginal cell commonly hatchet-shaped as in richmondia. New Hanover, New Mecklenburg (= New 
Ireland) and Solomon Islands. The larva black or grey-brown, with red tubercles, which are black at the tip, 
the tubercles of the prothorax without red, a white oblique band at the sides. Pupa above yellow. This widely 
distributed butterfly is no rarity; it is among the first butterflies which the traveller notices on the wooded shores 
in the tops of the trees. 
