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from Queensland, is very similar to autolycus. The blue is always very extended in both sexes. The under surface 
is paler than in autolycus, the grey cell-spot is larger and the posterior part of the grey discal area of the forewing 
broader than in autolycus, also the submarginal spots of the hindwing are on the whole larger and more yellow 
and the grey central area is always very strongly developed. — ambiguus Rothsch. (= kallinikos Fruhst., marius 
Fruhst.). A small race. <$: the blue area of the forewing does not mostly quite reach the apex of the cell; even 
when a few blue spots are placed distally to the apex of the cell, the black discocellular spot is still connected with 
the black marginal area; the pilose stripes on the 2 median veins are confluent, commonly the last 4 stripes are 
united; the blue of the hindwing extends to about halfway between cell and distal margin. Beneath the cell 
of the forewing always bears a grey spot. $: the blue is somewhat more reduced even than in the <$, especially 
at the apex of the cell of the forewing; the hindwing has above no blue submarginal spots or these are only feebly 
developed. Bismarck Islands: New Pomerania (= New Britain), New Lauenburg (= Duke of York), New 
Mecklenburg (= New Ireland) and New Hanover. Some of the statements made by Fruhstorfer with regard 
to the distinctions between specimens from different localities are erroneous and some of them completely contradict 
one another (cf. Iris 1907 p. 12). — gabrielis Rothsch. (89 a). A very peculiar large form with long wings. the 
blue darker than in the preceding subspecies, strongly reduced on both wings, on the forewing it only reaches 
to about the middle of the hindmargin and on the hindwing usually only somewhat beyond the apex of the cell, 
also the cell of the forewing is anteriorly very broadly black and the blue scaling of both wings less dense than 
in the of the other subspecies; the pilose stripes are very broad, the 4 posterior ones broadly connected. 
The, submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath are very large and all nearly uniformly ochre-yellow. $ even 
less extended blue than in melanotica, the blue submarginal spots on the upperside of the hindwing larger, the 
two posterior ones (between tail and anal angle) strongly curved. The submarginal spots of the under surface 
as in the St. Gabriel, Admiralty Islands, collected by Wei ster. in April. The fauna of the Admiralty Islands 
is still almost entirely unexplored on account of the hostile attitude of the natives. Captain Webster could not 
land on the main island and only collected for 2 days on the small island St. Gabriel, then he was obliged to take 
flight with his small schooner. — nigerrimus Ribbe. Somewhat larger than ambiguus, the under surface in both 
sexes darker, especially the marginal part, the submarginal spots lighter yellow, with more strongly blue proximal 
border. the blue somewhat more extended than in most ambiguus, no blue spots distally to the apex of the 
cell of the forewing, the grey scaling in the distal part of the forewing beneath very sparse. $: the grey scaling 
less dense and usually less extended than in ambiguus; the blue submarginal spots of the hindwing distinct, the 
anterior two or three mostly only represented by longitudinal streaks at the veins, the two posterior ones trans¬ 
verse, concave either only proximally or on both sides. Two principal forms: ^-f. cyanippe form, nov., the blue 
of the forewing reaches almost to the apex of the cell; $-f. nigerrimus Ribbe, the blue of the forewing very strongly 
reduced, usually not extending beyond the lower median. Bougainville and Shortlands Islands. —- orsippus 
G. & S. (89 a). <$: the blue of the forewing extends beyond the apex of the cell, but the black discocellular spot 
is still connected with the black distal area; the yellow in the 2. to 4. submarginal spots of the hindwing beneath 
usually suppressed by black, which is also sometimes the case in the 1. spot. $: the blue submarginal spots 
of the hindwing above smaller than in nigerrimus, sometimes only indicated; the grey scaling in the middle of 
the hindwing beneath proximally mostly condensed into a band; the 2. to 4. submarginal spots of the under surface 
sometimes black as in the <$. Two principal forms: $-f. hilaria form, nov., the forewing fairly uniformly scaled 
with blue nearly to the apex of the cell and the hindwing almost to the middle of the disc; $-f. penthina form, nov., 
the blue on the whole somewhat more strongly reduced than in $-f. nigerrimus. I have before me: $$ from 
Choiseul, Isabel, Guadalcanal’ and Florida; $$ of the 1. form from Guadalcanal’, of the 2. form from Isabel, 
and transitions between the two from Choiseul, Guadalcanal - and Isabel. — georgius Rothsch. (=- rothschildianus 
Fruhst .) differs from orsi-ppus chiefly in that the grey scaling of the under surface is denser and the marginal area 
of both wings is so dark that the border of the forewing appears scarcely paler than the disc; also the yellow 
anal spot is more obliquely placed. The blue in the $ is about as much extended as in average specimens 
of orsippus -$. In the Tring Museum 6 $<3 and 2 $$ from Guizo, Kulambangra and Yella Lavella, 
captured by A. S. Meek. 
ambiguus. 
gabrielis. 
nigerrimus. 
cyanippe. 
orsippus. 
hilaria. 
penthina. 
georgius. 
F. montrouzieri Bdv. (= ulyssinus Westw., chaudoiri Fldr.). Smaller than all the forms of P. ulysses, 
both wings more strongly sinuous between the veins, the forewing beneath with yellowish grey transverse bar 
in the cell and crescents of the same colour as proximal bordering to the grey discal area; the submarginal spots 
of the hindwing darker yellow than in P. ulysses. The genitalia are extraordinarily different from those of P.ulysses. 
The number of the pilose stripes in the and the extent of the blue in and $ are variable. The principal forms 
are: f. ulyssellus Westw., the blue reaches in the $ to beyond the apex of the cell and completely encloses the ulyssellus. 
small black discocellular spot; the pilose stripes are absent or feebly indicated, in the $ the blue reaches to or 
nearly to the apex of the cell of the forewing. f. montrouzieri Bdv. (87 c), the blue in the <$ does not extend beyond niontrou- 
the apex of the cell and extends in the $ about to the 3. medial vein, the pilose stripes are narrow but distinct. 
f. westwoodi Oberth., the blue still more strongly reduced, the <$ with 4 or 5 rather broad pilose stripes. — New westwoodi. 
Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. 
