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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
morotaicus. 
telegonus. 
dohertius. 
ulysses. 
ampelius. 
oxyartes. 
dirce. 
autol ijcus. 
conjuncta. 
transiens. 
melanotica. 
telemachus. 
agasophus. 
joesa. 
falling in rapid alternation. According to Hagen the form from German New Guinea is very inquisitive and 
was there the first butterfly which visited the flowers of the imported Lantana and Zinnia. — morotaicus Rothsch. 
: the black spot at the apex of the cell of the forewing large, the blue scaling placed distally to the apex of 
the cell reduced, the pilose stripes broad, the posterior 3 or 4 joined together; the black margin of the hindwing 
between the veins much narrower than the discal part (placed distally to the cell) of the blue area, a blue stripe 
behind the 1. radial, joined to the blue area, an isolated blue streak behind the 2. radial, no blue streak at the 
two median veins. $ not known. Morty (= Morotai), 2 GG in the Tring Museum. — telegonus Fldr. (— ulys- 
sodes Westw.) (89 a). as the preceding, but the black distal margin of the hindwing broader than its distance 
from the apex of the cell, two blue stripes at the median veins. $ paler than the the metallic area of both 
wings less extended and the metallic scaling less dense, the hindwing with blue-green submarginal patches. Batjan, 
Ternate and Halmaheira. — dohertius Rothsch. forewing as the preceding, but the blue at the apex of the 
cell less extended; the black distal margin of the hindwing somewhat narrower even than in morotaicus, without 
isolated blue stripe, but the blue area is produced into a tooth behind the 1. radial and into a streak behind the 
2. radial. $ not known. Obi. — ulysses L. ($ = diomedes L.) (38 a, b). the blue area on both wings more 
extended than in the preceding forms, on the forewing it almost entirely fills up the cell, the spot placed before 
the 3. radial is at least half as long as the cell is broad, the pilose stripes are spindle-shaped and do not usually 
touch one another; the blue area of the hindwing is dentate behind the 1. and 2. r a dials. The submarginal spots 
of the hindwing beneath are yellowish olive-colour, the anal spot purer yellow. The blue area of the $ on the 
forewing sometimes almost as extended as in the <J, in other specimens on the other hand more or less strongly 
reduced, below the cell there are grey hairs, which in dark specimens form a large patch, commonly a large black 
spot is placed on the lower median in the blue area; hindwing with 6 blue submarginal arcs. Amboina, Ceram, 
Saparoea. — ampelius Rothsch. similar to the $ of ulysses, the pilose stripes narrower, the one placed on 
the submedian only indicated by a few small hairs. The marginal area of the forewing beneath (distally to the 
grey discal area) anteriorly broader and posteriorly narrower and the corresponding marginal area of the hindwing 
broader than in ulysses. Buru, only 1 <$ known to me. — oxyartes Fruhst. $: very similar to autolycus-^ from 
New Guinea; the forewing beneath with grey spot in the cell, the brown marginal band narrow, the submarginal 
spots of the hindwing strongly reduced, the 2. to 4. very narrow, the yellowish olive-coloured central part of 
the 3. spot almost entirely suppressed. $ not known. Aru, only a few specimens in collections, the single example 
in the Tring Museum taken by H. Kuhn in August 1900. From the Key Islands no ulysses-ioxm. is yet known. — 
dirce subsp. non. <$■. forewing 32 mm long, narrower than in the following forms, the abdominal margin of the 
hindwing likewise longer in comparison with the size of the insect. Markings as in the usual form from New Guinea, 
but the black distal margin of the hindwing posteriorly broader; the brown distal margin of the hindwing beneath 
narrower and the submarginal spots strongly reduced. Misol; in the Tring Museum one taken by H. Kuhn 
in February 1899.-—• autolycus Fldr. (= penelope Wall., physkon Fruhst., eugenius Fruhst., roxana Fruhst., 
taxiles Fruhst.) (38 b). This form varies in all the localities so much that there seems to be no single character 
which is confined to specimens from any one district. $: the black spot at the end of the cell of the forewdng 
usually isolated, but in many examples (as even in the type of autolycus ) connected with the black distal area; 
the blue area of the hindwing is commonly produced into a streak behind the 1. and 2. radials. Beneath the cell 
of the forewing nearly always bears a distinct grey spot; the grey discal area of the hindwing does not reach the 
costal margin and the submarginal spots are much smaller than in P. u. ulysses, the first one especially is always 
incised and curved somewhat in comma-shape. The pilose stripes are mostly not contiguous, occasionally even 
the submedian stripe is absent, yet the 3 posterior ones in many specimens are so much widened as to touch one 
another. The examples from the islands in Geelvink Bay have somewhat rounder wings than specimens from 
other districts. The $ is very variable in the extent of the blue, but this is usually more extended than in ulysses, 
also the hairs behind the cell of the forewing are absent; the submarginal spots of the hindwing above are narrow 
as in ulysses, but less regularly curved; the under surface similar to that of the $, paler. The specimens with 
much blue are $-f. conjuncta Hagen, those with reduced blue $-f. transiens Hagen. Salawatti, Waigeu, the 
whole of New Guinea, Jobi and Mafor; at the coast and in the hills, common. — melanotica Hagen, from Dampier 
Island, only 1 $ known (in the Tring Museum). A very dark form, which recalls $$ from the Solomon Islands. 
The green-blue scaling only fills up about half the cell of the forewing, and is also very strongly reduced below 
the cell, only the stripe placed at the hindmargin is as long as in normal New Guinea specimens; as in ulysses 
there is a paler hairy area behind the lower median. On the hindwing there is only a very little blue scaling before 
and distally to the cell. — telemachus Montr. (= telephanes Fruhst.). the black distal margin of both wings 
very broad; the blue area of the forewing does not usually extend quite to the apex of the cell and that of the hindwing 
does not mostly reach to halfway between the apex of the cell and the distal margin. But there are also specimens 
both on Trobriand and on Fergusson and Goodenough (from Woodlark so few examples are known that we know 
nothing definite as to the individual variation) which approximate closely to those from New Guinea. For these 
transitions the name ^-ab. agasophus Fruhst. may be accepted. The $$ vary as in New Guinea; the blue scaling 
is less dense than in autolycus and does not extend so far distally. The black distal margin of both wings is broader 
in the 2 $$ from Goodenough than in the 3 $$ from Fergusson and the 8 $$ from Trobriand in the Tring Museum; 
$$ from Woodlark are not known to me. D’Entrecasteaux Islands, Trobriand, Woodlark. — joesa Btlr. (37 c), 
