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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
timorensis. and the black stripes between the veins are very broad; the tail is spatulate. — timorensis Fldr. (= poly- 
phontes Deli, nec Bdv.), distributed from Sumba, Savu and Flores eastwards to Babber. The band of the 
B broader than in the specimens from Lombok, especially beneath; many have on the under surface 
of the forewing a white spot before the hindmargin not far from the anal angle; this is the case in all the 
5 specimens which we have from the island of Savu. One of these Savu <$<$ has in addition on both sides 
of the forewing 4 small grey discal spots, which are placed between the 4. subcostal and 3. radial: <^-ab. 
r iritis' so ** a a ^' n0V ‘ ~^ ie ^ occurs in 2 principal forms: $-f. virllis Rob. is similar to the $; almost all specimens 
have a white spot on the underside of the forewing before the hindmargin, also the band of the hindwing 
is still broader than in the <$. $-f. timorensis Fldr. is usually much lighter on the forewing, the interneural 
stripes are mostly narrow and the one placed between the two median veins does not generally reach the 
dark basal area; the white macular area of the hindwing is very variable, but always enters the cell. — 
tucanus. tucanus subsp. nov. Similar to alcindor. Y? : forewing posteriorly broader, the costal margin less strongly 
curved and the distal margin less incurved; the hindwing posteriorly less produced, hence the sinus placed 
behind the tail almost at the same height as the one placed before the tail; the tail in the $ distinctly 
pointed. In the $ the disc of the forewing above and beneath is purer white than in the alcindor-Q and 
the posterior black stripes are thinner; the black basal area almost reaches the 1. median. The white area 
of the hindwing consists of a small cell-spot and 5 discal ones, which are all sharply developed; the first 
of these spots is rhomboidal. Binongka and Ivalidupa, Toekan Bessi Islands, taken by H. Kuhn in December 
alcindor. 1901 and January 1902. — alcindor Oberth. (= thesalphenor Stgr., passienus Fruhst., persienus Frulist.) (31b). 
forewing narrower than in all the preceding forms, the costal margin strongly curved (as in many but¬ 
terflies on Celebes) and the distal margin distinctly incurved before the middle; the hindwing posteriorly 
prolonged, so that the costal margin of the tail is much longer than the hindmargin. $: marginal spot 
of the forewing large, the posterior 4 or 5 broader than the interspaces. The band of the hindwing com¬ 
paratively narrow, some specimens with a red spot at the distal side of the penultimate spot; in one of our 
examples from East Celebes there is a small white spot in the cell. The $ occurs in only one form: the 
dirty white discal area of the forewing reaches basad to the base of the 2. median, the black stripes and the 
black distal margin are broad. The white cell-spot of the hindwing always reaches the base of the 2. median; 
there are 3 to 5 spots round the cell, the upper ones are pointed, and the distal margins of all more or less 
diffuse. A copy of P. polyphontes ; common on Salej r er and in South, Central and East Celebes, also on 
Buton; on the northern peninsula of Celebes flies quite another subspecies, which belonges to the following 
series of forms. 
In the remaining forms of P. polytes the oblique bands of the abdomen of the larvae, so far as is 
known, are not interrupted dorsally; the 33 very seldom have blue scales distally to the discal band on the 
under surface of the hindwing; in the $ the 2., and mostly also the 3. submarginal spot of the hindwing 
beneath is not lunular, but slightly S-shaped, moreover the longitudinal veins traversing the white discal area of 
the hindwing are very narrowly or not at all scaled with black. 
Valeria. 
ledebouria. 
horsfieldi. 
praxilla. 
elyros. 
perversus. 
—• Valeria subspec. nov. Only 3 in male garb known to me. The marginal spots of the forewing 
very thin at the distal margin, but broad towards the disc. The 1. spot of the band of the hindwing above 
and beneath very thin, the 2. broader than long, broader anteriorly than posteriorly, the 3. about as long 
as broad, irregularly rhomboidal, the 4. and 5. long; at least the posterior 5 submarginal spots well devel¬ 
oped above, the anal one red, some only of the marginal spots indicated or all quite small; beneath the 
submarginal spots large, all considerably larger than the 1. discal spot, the marginal spots in the 2 Borneo 
specimens larger than above; the marginal teeth strongly projecting. Mantanani Islands (North Borneo), 
Baram River and Lawas in Sarawak (Borneo). —- ledebouria Eschsch. From Balabac, Palawan, the Phil¬ 
ippines, Palau and Yap. <$: the 1. discal spot of the hindwing above rounded, usually longer than broad; 
in the specimens from Balabac and Palawan all the spots of the band are separated by black veins, whilst 
in the examples from the Philippines the spots, at least in large specimens, as a rule touch one another. 
The $ in three forms: $-f. horsfieldi Beak., similar to the <$; the 1. discal spot of the band of the hindwing 
much smaller than in the <$, transverse, always larger than the submarginal spots (also beneath), the latter 
above never very distinct, with the exception of the red anal spot, also beneath always, thinner than in the 
preceding form; singly on all the islands. $-f. praxilla form. nov. (= ledebouria Fldr. nec Eschsch.), hind¬ 
wing with large white discal area, the longitudinal veins traversing it not black, tail spatulate (according 
to Semper, sometimes short and not widened at the apex); on all the islands with the exception of Balabac, 
Palawan and Palau; commonest during the rainy season; on Luzon transitions to the following form are 
common. $-f. elyros Wall, flies on Balabac, Palawan and Luzon, and is said to occur also on Mindoro; 
hindwing without white markings or these small; distinguished from $-f. theseus from Borneo and Sumatra 
chiefly by the much broader and sharper black stripes and lighter whitish stripes of the forewing. — per¬ 
versus Rothsch. (33 b). A large form from the Talaut and Sangir Islands (and Siao?). <3: the contour of 
the forewing recalling P. p. alcindor from Celebes; the costal margin more strongly curved than in ledebouria, 
the marginal spots larger. The abdominal margin of the hindwing longer than in ledebouria and the sub- 
