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PAPILIO. By Dr. K. Jordan, 
obliteratus. 
salomonis. 
ugiensis. 
neopom- 
meranius. 
meeki. 
arycleoides. 
arycles. 
sphinx. 
incertus. 
obliteratus Lathy. Very similar to argynnus from Key; the hindwing broader, with shorter tail and beneath 
with only three red spots, the one placed between the two median veins in argynnus being absent in obliteratus. 
Louisiades: St. Aignan, Sudest, Rossel.— salomonis Bothsch. The patches of the forewing on the whole even 
larger than in ligatus, the submarginal spots however usually smaller; hindwing shorter than in ligatus, the 
submarginal spots and in the $ also the discal spots much smaller, some of them absent in the §. The under 
surface of the hindwing always with at least 4 red spots, commonly there is a small red costal spot before the 
red subcostal lunule. Solomon Islands: Bougainville, Shortlands Islands, Choiseul, Isabel, Guadalcanal - , Flo¬ 
rida, Gela, New r Georgia, Kulambangra, Rendova, Guizo, Vella Lavella. — ugiensis subsjp. nov. The subbasal 
stripes and the discal spots strongly enlarged, the three discal spots placed between the 2 nd radial and 2 nd median 
on the forewing cut off almost straight distally and the black veins separating them narrow. The under surface of 
the hindwing without red spot between the median veins. Ugi. — neopommeranius Hour. (46 b). A very striking 
form. The patches of the forewing small, bluish green; the hindwing almost entirely black. The discal patches 
of the forewing beneath whitish, scaled. Bismarck Islands: distributed from New r Pomerania to New 7 Hanover. 
P. meeki Bothsch. (49 b). similar to P. agamemnon, hindwing more rounded. Forewing more uni¬ 
formly spotted (see figure); hindwing with a row of large pale green wedge-patches on the disc, two white spots 
behind the costal, a green streak in the cell and a green spot before it. The patches on the underside as above, 
somewhat larger, white; the hindwing with indistinct red lunule between cell and costal vein. — Ysabel (= Isabel), 
Solomon Islands, one $ in the Tring Museum. 
P. arycles. Smaller than P. agamemnon, tailless. Body as in that species. Wings above with pale green 
patches, which often fade to yellowish (after death); on the forewing an indistinct basal band, a subbasal band, 
three transverse spots and a smaller apical spot in the cell, a discal row of patches, of which the 1 st and 3 rd are 
small, and a submarginal row of small spots, moreover in the subcostal spot a further isolated discal spot, the 
last submarginal spot double, but the anterior part placed straight before the posterior part, not as in P. agamemnon 
removed towards the disc, only 2 spots before the subcostal fork; on the hindwing a tripartite subbasal band 
parallel with the abdominal margin, a discal row of 4 spots, of which the 1 st is large and white, and a submarginal 
row of 6 spots. The patches beneath almost as above, but all w r ith silvery scaling; on the hindwing in addition 
a small spot at the costal between the subbasal band and the large costal discal spot and also three spots between 
the 3 rd radial and the anal angle red, rarely yellow. The $ similar to the g. The earlier stages not known. Dis¬ 
tributed from the Shan States and Siam to Java and Palawan. — arycleoides Fruhst., from Muok-Lek in Siam, 
w 7 as erected from one specimen and differentiated from arycles arycles especially by the patches on the upper 
surface being always (!) blue-green and small and the white spot at the costal margin of the hindwing circular 
and very small. Not known to me in nature. — arycles Bdv. (= rama Fldr.) (45 c, d) show r s in its wide area 
of distribution no tendency towards the formation of further local races. Specimens from localities as far apart 
as Banka, Palawan and the Shan States are quite similar. The large central costal spot of the hindwing is always 
somewhat longer than broad. Shan States, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Banka, Borneo, Palawan. — 
Fruhstorfer describes in addition a specimen without locality as P. arycles sphinx. It is somewhat larger than 
arycles and has narrower spots in the cell of the forewing, and the red spots on the under surface of the hindwing 
of arycles are here replaced by yellow 7 ones. According to the original description the patches of the upper surface 
are lighter green than in arycles, in a later paper, however, they are described as blue-green. A second example! 
likewise without locality, was called by Fruhstorfer. P. arycles ab. incertus; the length of the forewing-is 57 mm, 
which is probably a mistake for 37 mm, and the silver patches in the ,,median part of the hindwing“ are more 
extended. 
Wallacei-Group. 
The 1 st and 2 nd subcostal vein of the forewing running into the costal. Head large. Hindwing 
rounded, with red subbasal patch on the under surface. 
The three species which belong here are nearly allied. But the difference in the genitalia proves that 
we are dealing with species which have become independent. 
P. wallacei. Body above black-brown, head and thorax w 7 ith grey-green hairs, under surface grey- 
white, the legs green, the club of the antenna w 7 ith a yellow spot. Upper surface of the forewdng brownish black, 
with grey-brown silky gloss, at the hinder angle deeper black, a streak in the base of the cell green, some small 
spots in the cell, a discal macular band, a row of submarginal spots and some further small spots between cell 
and apex greenish grey, scaleless; hindwing from the base to the apex of the cell grey-brown, this area distally 
emarginate, the rest of the wing velvety black, before the middle a short band which is green in the cell, and 
before the apex usually tw 7 o small greenish grey submarginal spots. Under surface paler brown, shaded with 
glossy grey, the hindwing near the base w r ith short, green costal band separated from the submedian band by 
