PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
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cell; only known to me from Waigeu. $-f. timoxena form, nov., like the preceding, but the spots of the fore¬ 
wing are placed between the cell and the subcostal fork and thus correspond to the light patches surrounding 
the apex of the cell in the poly dor ina-iorm; the white area of the hindwing beneath not always strongly 
reduced; only known to me from Trobriand. Transitions from this form to the next I know from Waigeu, 
Etna Bay (Dutch South-West New Guinea) and Trobriand. The form which is common everywhere and 
may be regarded as normal I call $-f. leporina nom. nov. (the name polydorina Haase most probably refers 
to the corresponding $-form from Goram), forewing lighter in the distal half, always with cell-patch, the light 
parts above usually more or less strongly brownish, beneath mostly pure white (or almost); hindwing with 
large white area, which anteriorly reaches the subcostal, distally to the 4. and the 5. patch a blue spot (often 
large), the anterior submarginal spots sometimes not developed, as a rule the 6. larger than the preceding 
ones. The light, Tenaris-like $$ are: $-f. amanga Bdv. (= intermedia Hag.) (24b), forewing entirely grey- 
brown, hindwing for the most part white, with broad dark distal margin and yellow anal area; probably 
occurs everywhere, known from Waigeu, Huon Gulf and British New Guinea (Aroa River, in low situations). 
$-f. onesimus Hew. (= tenarides Hag.), both wings for the most part white; very variable in the details 
of the marking on the hindwing; everywhere, but rarer than $-f. leporina. The area of distribution of 
ormenus embraces the whole of New Guinea, Waigeu, Salawatti, Misol, Jobi, the D’Entrecasteaux Islands, 
Trobriand, Woodlark, the Louisiades and the Egum Group. —- Lately G<S from German New Guinea 
(Astrolabe Bay) with lemon-yellow band on the hindwing have been described as a separate species, pan- 
doxus Grose-Smith. As in the same collection (sent by Wahnes) there was also a $ of P. ambrax with similarly 
coloured band, I infer that discoloration occurred after the death of the butterfly. The scales 
are normal. —- websteri Gr.-Sm. <$: the subapical spots of the forewing of medium size, always present, 
the row sometimes continued almost to the hindmargin by small indistinct spots (in ormenus there are also 
in single specimens small white spots before the hindmargin); the band of the hindwing broad, the first 
patch not widened basally, the inner margin of the band consequently uniformly rounded from the costal 
to the 2, median. The $ in 2 forms: $-f. sopaea form. nov. resembles the forewing with curved sub- 
apical band of medium-sized spots; the white area of the hindwing smaller than in the G, anteriorly only 
extending to the subcostal, beneath remote from the cell. $-f. bismarckianus Rothsch., forewing with a 
curved band of large discal patches from the costa almost to the anal angle, the upper patches close to the 
cell, the latter with apical patch, which above is narrow or entirely wanting; the white area of the hind¬ 
wing on both surfaces large, usually a thin white transverse patch is placed behind the costal. New Pom¬ 
erania (= New Britain). — oritas Godm. & Salv. The apex of the forewing less rounded. G : the sub- 
apical band of the forewing much broader than in websteri, the white band of the hindwing proximally 
almost straight or the 1. patch distinctly prolonged basad, the patch placed behind the 2. median large. 
The $ in 2 forms: $-f. ximene form. nov. resembles the (J, band of the forewing broader than in websteri ; 
the area of the hindwing above large, extending from the subcostal to the 2. median or beyond it, beneath 
entirely obsolete or represented by grey-yellow discal nebulous spots. $-f. nymphasia form, nov., the patches 
of the forewing less sharply defined than in $-f. bismarckianus, more brownish, the cell-patch larger; the 
hindwing with longer tooth at the 3. radial and with paler submarginal spots. New Mecklenburg (— New 
Ireland) and New Hanover. 
P„ tydeus. Differentiated from all the forms of P. aegeus by the large ochre-yellow submarginal 
spots of the hindwing, which are distally truncate or emarginate and proximally are produced along the 
veins into bracket-like projections. $ always with subapical oblique band of white spots; the band of the 
hindwing narrow, not touching the cell, the 1. patch prolonged almost to the base. The $ appears only 
in the tenarides- form: forewing lighter in the centre; hindwing from the base to the disc yellowish white, 
at the proximal side of a broad discal band of large, black, connected patches ochre-yellow; the base of 
the costal margin beneath broadly black. Only on the Northern Moluccas. — tydeus Fldr. flies on Morty, 
Halmaheira, Ternate and Batjan. G : the spot placed behind the subcostal fork on the forewing shorter 
than its distance from the cell. the cell-spot of the forewing beneath reaches the base of the lower median; 
at the innerside of the 1. black discal spot of the hindwing beneath is placed a thin, often very diffuse, yel¬ 
lowish transverse spot. — obiensis Rothsch., from Obi. <$: the subapical band of the forewing broader than 
in tydeus, the 4. spot longer than its distance from the cell. both wings more extended light; the cell- 
spot of the forewing beneath extends to beyond the base of the 2. median; the transverse spot placed at 
the innerside of the 1. black discal spot of the hindwing beneath is produced basad along the subcostal. 
P. gambrisius. Perhaps not specifically different from P. aegeus. Palpi less white. G '■ forewing 
with 4 subapical spots, the 1. and 2. small, sometimes absent, these spots beneath mostly much smaller 
than above. The band of the hindwing as in P. aegeus anteriorly widened Joasad, at the distal side of the 
5. and 6. patches more or less strongly developed grey nebulous spots, the 5. patch at most half (usually 
only 1 /3) as long as its distance from the distal margin; beneath the hindwing bears a row of blue discal 
patches and proximally to them grey spots. $ monomorphic: forewing with large cell-patch and long discal 
patches. Hindwing with yellowish white, posteriorly ochre-yellow median band, which always reaches the 
costal and is broader posteriorly than between the costal and the cell ; distally to the band large blue spots. 
timoxena. 
leporina. 
amanga. 
onesimus. 
p an do xus. 
websteri. 
sopaea. 
bismarcki¬ 
anus. 
oritas. 
ximene. 
nymphasia. 
tydeus. 
obiensis. 
