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Show 618 ON BUTTERFLIES F R O M T H E N E W HEBRIDES. [Nov. 16, base ; body pale dull yellow : expanse of wings 1 inch to 1 inch 3 lines. Tanna, New Hebrides, 23rd April, 1875 ; Vate, New Hebrides, 30th April, 1875. This species belongs to the T.-hecabe group, but differs from all its allies in its narrow elongated primaries with more rounded apex: the sinuation of the outer border is also much less marked; so that the insect has a very different aspect. 37. CATOPSILIA LACTEA, Butler. cS, 2> Erromango, N e w Hebrides, 10th May, 1875. The male is too much worn to be placed in the collection; but the female is quite fresh ; in all probability therefore the male appears a month or so earlier than the female, as in many other butterflies. 38. BELENOIS PERISTHENE CS, $,Boisduyal. Erromango, N e w Hebrides, M a y 10th, 1875. Mr. Perry says that he " observed this butterfly in Mare Island, Loyalty group." It seems to be a common species. 39. BELENOIS NABIS c$, 2> Lucas. Vate, 28th and 30th April, 1875; Erromango, N e w Hebrides, 10th May, 1875. The series sent by Mr. Perry (one pair of which was taken in copuld), clearly demonstrates its identity with B. periclea of Felder. 40. PAPILIO HYPSICLES, Hewitson. Tanna, N e w Hebrides, 23rd April, 1875. The example sent is smaller than the typical form, and does not show the orange submarginal lunules on upper surface of secondaries. 41. PAPILIO ABSTRUSUS, n. sp. Wings above black, fringe varied with cream-colour; primaries with a narrow postmedian oblique cream-coloured band separated into seven divisions by the nervures, a subapical cream-coloured litura, and five other less distinct squamose submarginal liturse ; secondaries with a rather large cream-coloured patch, beginning at costal nervure (where it is narrow) and continued to the base of the second median interspace, angularly irregular ou its outer edge, and having six divisions owing to its crossing the end of the cell; two elongated squamose creamy submarginal lunules between the tail and anal angle; tail rather short, scarcely spatulate; a deep crimson spot on inner margin, just below the abdominal fold : body deep brown, head, collar, and margins of tegulse spotted with sordid pale yellow; antennse black : wings below black, fringe varied with cream-colour, nervures at base and several parallel diverging lines from the base of the discoidal cells pale yellow ; primaries with postmedian band and subapical spot broader than on the upper surface seven, well-marked squamose cream-coloured submarginal lunules ; secondaries with the patch of upper surface continued as a narrow band to the inner |
