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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
ainville, Shortland Islands, Choiseul, Isabel, Guadalcanar, Florida. Ribbe described as P. impar Bothseh. var. 
shortlandica. shortlandica an example captured on Fauro (Shortland Islands) which has white instead of green bands and 
spots. It is probably a specimen of isander killed too soon (the colour not fully developed). The pupa figured 
by Ribbe in Iris X, t. 7, fig. 6, judging from the size and shape, is not that of isander, but of P. codrus pisi- 
anthedon. dice. — anthedon Fldr. (= moluccensis Wall.) (45 a). The median band of both wings and the submarginal 
spots of the hindwing more strongly bluish than in all the preceding races; the submarginal spots large and 
aureifer. strongly curved; the red spots of the under surface paler red than normally, sometimes yellow: ab. aureifer 
halesus. Fruhst. (= aurifer Fruhst.). South Moluccas: Amboina, Saparoea, Ceram. -—- halesus Fruhst. As anthedon, 
crudus. but the submarginal spots of the hindwing somewhat less strongly angled. Burn. — crudus Bothseh. The 
band broader than in anthedon and halesus, the hindwing shorter, the posterior submarginal spots again 
somewhat less curved than in halesus; the under surface of the hindwing with large red spots, a spot be¬ 
tween cell and subcostal as in dodingensis, milon, monticolus and sulaensis, the red subbasal line broader than 
dodingensis. the black streak separating it from the median band. Obi. —- dodingensis Bothseh. The band narrower than 
in anthedon, the 1 st submarginal spot of the hindwing almost straight, the next likewise less curved than in 
anthedon; the under surface of the hindwing with deeper red spots, a similar spot between cell and subcostal. 
North Moluccas: Halmaheira, Batjan. — monticolus Fruhst. (45 a). A small mountain form from South Celebes 
(dwarfed form?), which recalls the forms from the large and small Sunda Islands by the green colour of the 
band and the small green submarginal spots of the hindwing, but agrees better with dodinge?isis and milon 
in the markings of the hindwing beneath and the genitalia. The 3 rd spot in the band of the forewing larger 
than the 4 th , which is also the case in the races from the Lesser Sunda Islands; the underside of the hindwing 
in both sexes with a red spot between cell and subcostal. —- milon Fldr. (= miletus Wall.) (45 b). A large, 
narrow-winged form with narrow blue band and strongly curved blue submarginal spots; the patches of the 
band are all separated. Under surface of the hindwing with a broadly concave red spot between cell and sub¬ 
costal, which is sometimes completed into a ring and occasionally is only a bar. In ab. milonides Hour, the 
band of the hindwing is broadly interrupted at the subcostal vein. ab. citricinctus Fruhst. has yellow instead 
of red spots. The whole of Celebes; Talaut. — sulaensis Lathy (= coelius Fruhst., adjacentus Fruhst.). Sim¬ 
ilar to milon, but the band still narrower. Sula Islands: Mangoli. 
monticolus. 
milon. 
milonides. 
citricinctus. 
sulaensis. 
P. mendana. Body above black, with light lateral longitudinal stripe, which is greenish grey on the 
thorax and yellowish grey on the abdomen; sides of the frons yellow-grey. Wings above velvety black; fore¬ 
wing with a discal row of large pale bluish green spots, of which the last is unites with a narrow green sub- 
basal band, at the base a green band, some small spots in the cell and a row of small submarginal spots pale 
green; hindwing parallel to the abdominal margin with a band which is green in the white in the $, at 
the distal side of this band between costal margin and cell two patches, some very small submarginal spots 
white or greenish, often absent, tail obtuse, triangular. Under surface black-brown, spots of the forewing 
as above, almost all smaller, scaled, a transverse band in the cell and the anterior part of the disc with purple- 
white scaling, costal margin red at the base; hindwing with a red spot before the cell, commonly a second be¬ 
acons. tween subcostal and cell, and one or two before the anal angle. Solomon Islands. — acous Bibhe. The discal 
spots of the forewing all well developed; under surface of the hindwing with green basal spot and two red 
mendana. spots before the anal angle. Bougainville; A. S. Meek found the butterfly in January and May. — mendana 
Godm. & Salv. (43 a). On the upper surface of the hindwing the green patches of the <$ and the white area of 
the $ are more strongly developed than in acous. The green basal spot on the underside of the hindwing 
is absent or small and before the anal angle there is only one red spot. Guadalcanar; taken by Meek in 
neyra. Maj'-. — neyra Bothseh. The discal spots of the forewing are strongly reduced with the exception of the anterior 
ones and the last and the posterior ones are absent on the under surface. The forewing beneath without green 
basal patch and with only one red spot before the anal angle. New Georgia and Rendpva. 
P. doson. Body above black with bluish grey hairs, abdomen with white lateral line, under surface 
white. Wings above white with green or greyish white markings, which are scaleless for the most part, on 
the forewing 5 cell-spots, of which the basal one is streak-like and the 4 th comma-shaped, a posteriorly widened 
discal macular hand, a row of submarginal spots and a single spot in the subcostal fork between the sub¬ 
marginal and discal spots; on the hindwing before the middle an elongate-triangular band, which is anteriorly 
divided by a short, narrow black band, and a row of submarginal spots; the patch of yellow scent-wool 
in the fold of the U reaches nearly to the black stripe which is parallel with the abdominal margin. 
The markings on the under surface are mostly somewhat larger than above, silver-scaled; hindwing 
always with mostly red, more rarely yellow ornamental markings, namely a spot before the costal in the 
short black costal hand, and a row of spots from the apex of the cell to the abdominal margin, of which 
the last is usually produced basad into a long stripe, the short black costal band never united with 
the black subbasal stripe. The $ similar to the $, less deep black and the markings somewhat smaller. 
Larva black or green, the spines of the mesonotum are absent and those of the 3 rd pair are reduced 
to tubercles. On Anonaceae, e. g. Cinnamomum, Polyalthia, etc. The pupa varies in colour according to 
