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Show 592 MR. F. MOORE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA OF THE [Junel9, Fam. PAPILIONID^E. O R N I T H O P T E R A H E L I C O N O I D E S , n. sp. Male. Upperside-fore wing entirely black: hind wing golden yellow, with black abdominal fold and, longitudinally from base ot submedian to middle of lower median veinlet, a marginal band formed bv a series of six conical spots decreasing in size from anal angle, the first or anal elongated at its apex, the second, third, fifth and sixth each with a contiguous small upper round spot ; the space at base of wing broadly across end of cell to middle of costal vein also black. Underside as above ; fore wing very slightly grey-streaked along base of lower median veinlets. Female. Fore wing with prominent greyish-white streaks along the veins, and similar streaks within end of the cell: hind wing with black abdominal fold, a partly constricted elongated spot above anal ano-le, outer marginal band of large continucus cones, a discal series of five small spots, the space at base of wing occupying the interspace between the costal and subcostal to near its end. Underside as above. Abdomen greenish black above, yellow at sides and beneath. Red collar slightly perceptible in female. Expanse, 6 5f, 2 6f "inches. S. Andamans (Port Blair). In coll. H. Druce. PAPILIO MAYO, Atkinson, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 736, pl. lxiii. f. 1. S. Andamans (Port Blair). PAPILIO C H A R I C L E S , Hewitson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1874, xiv. p. 356 ; Exot. Butt. v. Pap. pl. xiv. f. 45, 2 • S. Andamans (Port Blair). PAPILIO R H O D I F E R , Butler, Ent. Monthly Mag. 1876, p. 57, ?-. S. Andamans (Port Blair). PAPILIO ARISTOLOCHI^E, var. CAMORTA. Female. Differs from Indian and Malayan forms of P. aristolochi.ee ou the upperside of the hind wing in the absence of the discal markings, the only indication of these in the Nicobar form being a slight pale speckled streak at the junction of the two lower median veinlets and an upward elongation of the reddish anal spot. On the underside these are slightly more prominent. Expanse 3h inches. Nicobars (Kamorta), April 6, 1875. In coll. 11. Meldola and F. Moore. PAPILIO P A M M O N , var. N I C O B A R U S , Feld. Verh. zool.-bot. Gesch. 1862, p. 483. Nicobars (Nancowry, Kamorta), and S. Andamans (Port Blair), Meldola, April. PAPILIO A G A M E M N O N , Linn. S. N. ii. p. 748 ; Donov. Ins. China, t. 27. f. 2. S. Andamans (Port Blair) ; Nicobars (Kamorta), April, Meldola. |