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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
larger and like the discal spots tinged with yellowish and strongly brownish -above; the posterior discal 
spots longer than in keianus and the veins separating them less broadly black. The marginal spots of 
the hindwing yellowish, the white cell-patch beneath about is large as the yellow-red anal spot or smaller, 
kissuanus. above larger than beneath. Goram Laut and Manovolka. — kissuanus Bothsch. The G resembles that of 
goramensis, but the band of the hindwing as somewhat broader. The light patches of the forewing in the 
$ are still more strongly brownish than in goramensis, the cell-spot is much smaller, the veins are more 
broadly black, the discal area of the hindwing is more distinctly suffused with yellow, the 1. patch of this 
keianus. area is on the whole smaller and the marginal spots are larger. Ivissoei, Watubela Islands. — keianus 
Bothsch. G: the subapical spots of the forewing diffuse and much smaller than in the preceding forms; 
the band of the hindwing always enters the cell, but never extends beyond the lower median; the red anal 
amaranta. spot is nearly always present above though often weakly developed. The $ in two forms: $-f. amaranta Bothsch. 
is the polydorina-ioxm, the light patches of the forewing at least on the under surface chalky white, the 
posterior ones strongly rounded basally and beneath also mostly rather sharply defined distally; the mar- 
blanca. ginal spots of the hindvdng larger than in the following subspecies. The light § is $-f. blanca Bothsch., 
similar to the lightest examples from New Guinea, the marginal spots of both wings larger and the isolated 
black discal spots of the hindwing nearer to the cell. Key Islands, according to H. Kuhn rather rare; the 
othello. $-f. blanca ,, flies only at the end of the rainy season 11 . — othello Grose-Smith. A small form, of which only 
3 specimens are known. G : forewing without subapical band, only beneath slight traces of it present; the 
band of the hindwing narrow, the patch placed behind the 2. median thin, the cell-spot small (the band 
has become yellow through discoloration, which is also the case in our only Biak example of P. ambrax from 
desdemona. the same collection). The $ in 2 forms: $-f. desdemona form, non., patches of the forewing also above 
almost pure white, the cell-spot rounded, the last two discal patches elliptical, all sharply defined distally, 
especially on the underside; the veins in the distal part of the band of the hindwing less black than in ormenus, 
the submarginal spots above small, dusted with black, the 5. and 6. very small or absent, beneath smaller 
ihuria. than the preceding ones. No similar $ from other localities is known to me. $-f. thuria form. nov. is very 
similar to the lightest specimens from New Guinea, perhaps not constantly different; the 1. and 2. sub¬ 
marginal spots of the hindwing beneath narrow, as deep yellow-red as in §-f. desdemona, not present above, 
before the abdominal margin a thin black transverse patch with a blue streak, before this 3 separated black 
patches, of which the anterior one is shadowy above, the marginal tooth at the 3, radial projects very 
aegatinus. distinctly. Biak, in Geelvink Bay. — aegatinus Bothsch. Likewise small. G: forewing with 2 or 3 very 
small subapical spots or none at all; band of the hindwing touching the cell, only entering it in one of 
the 8 specimens before me; beneath the hindwing has a complete row of blue discal spots, which are mostly 
large and at the proximal side of which there is not a trace of grey spots. The $ in 2 forms (it may be 
melia. assumed that in addition a tenarides-ioxm also occurs): §-f. melia Bothsch., forewing above entirely brown, 
with a slight indication of 3 grey spots distally to the apex of the cell, these spots beneath somewhat more 
distinct, the middle one in the subcostal fork; the discal area of the hindwing basally rounded, with very 
small cell-spot, posteriorly scarcely reaching the 2. median; the red submarginal spots above thin, with the 
exception of the anal spot, beneath a row of 5 white discal spots is present, which are all remote from the cell and of 
myrtis. which the first is very small. $-f. myrtis Bothsch., the patches of the forewing beneath white and sharply defined, 
above very strongly blackened, the cell-patch transverse, beneath about three times as long as broad, the posterior 
discal patches more or less reduced, no whitish spot behind the submedian; only the posterior yellow submarginal 
patches of the hindwing above developed, beneath the 2. to 6. narrow, almost straight, and nearly equal in size, 
the white area as large as in normal New Guinea specimens, the spot placed behind the 2. median small. 
ormenus. Mefor (= Mafoor) in Geelvink Bay. — ormenus Guer. (= ormenulus Fruhst., aegates Fruhst.). The G in two 
forms connected by transitions: G'f- ormenus Guer. (23 c), with a subapical band of large white spots on the 
pandion. forewing, and G'f- pandion Wall., with a band of small spots or entirely without band. The two forms 
do not everywhere occur together; on Aru there are only and on Waigeu almost only large-spotted specimens; 
in the intermediate districts: Misol, Salawatti, and Dutch New Guinea, and also on Jobi and everywhere 
in the north of Dutch and German New Guinea occurs almost exclusively G'f- pandion ; at Huon Gulf and 
in British New Guinea on the contrary pandion is the exception and is almost entirely wanting on the islands 
to the east and south-east of British New Guinea, at least we only possess more or less large-spotted specimens 
from there. As a rule the band of the hindwing is broader behind the 2. median in G'f- pandion than in 
G’f- ormenus, but the difference is not at all constant. Also the $ has not yet developed geographical dif¬ 
ferences which recur in the majority of the specimens from any single locality. The principal forms are: 
inornatus. $-f. inornatus Bothsch. (25 a). Forewing above entirely brown, beneath with whitish spots distally to the 
cell; hindwing with the white discal area reduced, especially beneath; only known to me from the Arfak Pe- 
seleucis. ninsula and Yanarba Island, to the south-east of British New Guinea. $-f. seleucis form, nov., forewing 
brown, with a subapical row of 5 spots, which are arranged as in the G and of which the second is placed 
in the subcostal fork; discal area of the hindwing as in the preceding £ beneath widely separated from the 
is possibly a confusion in the locality of the two ??■ Haase gave fig. 3 the name polydorina, which we retain 
as a suitable designation for all the ' $ ? of P. aegeus which recall P. polydorus. 
